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fogy

or �ڴ�·��

[ foh-gee ]

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plural fogies.

an excessively conservative or old-fashioned person, especially one who is intellectually dull (usually preceded by old ):
The board of directors were old fogies still living in the 19th century.

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Origin of fogy¹

First recorded in 1770–80; origin uncertain

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“What it says for old fogies like me, is that the young are hungry for the word of God,” said Oldham, who is in his 40s.

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“Teenagers tend to shut down. They see us as old fogies. I have to be very careful how I approach that.”

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Consequently, throughout the 1970s and ’80s Wilson was viewed as a Tory, a young fogy.

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“It takes more than a little snow to stop these two old fogies,” Grandpa declares heartily.

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In recent years, people worried about inflation were regarded as falling somewhere between fogies and cranks.

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