Definition of fogey in English:

fogey

(also fogy)

nounPlural fogeys, Plural fogies ˈfəʊɡiˈfoʊɡi

A very old-fashioned or conservative person.
a bunch of old fogeys
一帮老顽固。
Example sentencesExamples
- The ad tells us that she is young and hip and will tell us fogies what ‘phat’ means.
- Yeah, but neither of us is old enough really to be a fogy about this.
- You look at the old fogies and you snigger, and then you shock yourself when you calculate how few years there are between you and them.
- It's all very well for old fogies, with their pensions and their paid-up mortgages, to wander ghost-like about their business in a tatty, run-down town, resisting change.
- Cantankerous critics like me will be dismissed as fussy old fogies.
- And I ended, as old fogies are entitled to do by slagging off today's so-called operating systems, describing them as crude and inelegant.
- The drop-out rate, even among the old knickers-clad, lathi-wielding fogies, is alarming.
- This probably means I am officially an old fogey.
- I'm such an old fogey that I can't remember ever having to crack out the crayons, Play Doh, and paints for my homework in high school.
- It's the competitive edge that keeps a lot of us old fogies going.
- Standing in queues is not easy for us old fogeys with worn-out joints.
- A 34-year-old watching TV could thus imagine that ‘really’ he was spiritually 20, unlike those old fogies of 35.
- We spend our days in a teeny tiny office, typing in medical details for old fogies and climbing over staff to reach the shelves to file things.
- He placed his faith in a stiff upper lip, and the grassroots who loved him were old fogeys.
- No philosopher would jettison Plato just because it's old fashioned, nor would anyone mock the old fogy Whitman.
- And if you've played for several seasons, you'd know not to underestimate the wiliness of the old fogies.
- Why else would I be cheering on self-promoting snakes like Morgan and reactionary fogeys like Moore?
- Isn't that what an old fogey's supposed to say?
- The twins were still making life hell for the old fogies around us with their incessant ‘Beatlemania’ style screaming.
- This Charles question is not really about him being a fogey with hopelessly reactionary ideas.
Synonyms
conventionalist, traditionalist, orthodox person, conservative, bourgeois, old fogey, stickler, formalist, diehard, reactionary

Derivatives

fogeydom

noun ˈfəʊɡɪdəmˈfoʊɡidəm

Suddenly it occurs to you there are worse possibilities out there than having your musical tastes and fashion sense consigned to the junk heap of fogydom.
Example sentencesExamples
- Of course that was 22 years ago and thereafter we sank hopelessly back into old fogydom, but we do remember that high mark.
- It's not a perception he wants to encourage at the age of 38, which is verging on old fogeydom in the rarefied world of cutting-edge math.
- ‘The soccer was never sold out when I was a kid,’ I said, lunging irrevocably into the world of fogydom the instant the words left my lips.
- Oh, well, I watch Teletubbies to relax, so no fogeydom in my future.

fogeyish

adjective

All of this fogeyish complaining stems from reading the title of this album, the debut from the Capitol Years.
Example sentencesExamples
- The most animated ones are wearing fogeyish clothes: bow-ties and blazers.
- Two months ago, when the change was announced, a fogeyish campaign was mounted to save the theme.
- The stereotype is an elderly, fogeyish male, blissfully ignorant of the everyday concerns of people who appear before him.
- ‘I'm really fogeyish about this,’ she replies.

fogeyism

noun

And at least one panelist on the closing plenary directly engaged the ‘old fogeyism’ of some senior scholars at the conference.
Example sentencesExamples
- And to start generalising about the supposed shortcomings of the next generation is an unmistakable symptom of fogeyism.
- We had started to think that this creeping fogeyism had something to do with the fact that Collings' own paintings are being ignored.
- And sometimes there's a flash of the old comic vigour, oddly transformed by creeping fogeyism.

Origin

Late 18th century: related to earlier slang fogram, of unknown origin.

This word for an old-fashioned or narrow-minded person is first found in the late 18th century, in Scots use. It is related to an earlier slang term fogram, and may be connected with foggy in the senses ‘flabby, bloated’ or ‘moss-grown’. In the 1980s young fogeys appeared—young people noticeable for their conservative tastes and ideas. The phrase is first recorded as far back as 1909, but became popular with the publication of The Young Fogey Handbook in 1985.

Rhymes

bogey, bogie, dogie, hoagie, stogy, yogi

Definition of fogey in US English:

fogey

(also fogy)

nounˈfoʊɡiˈfōɡē

A person, typically an old one, who is considered to be old-fashioned or conservative in attitude or tastes.
守旧者，老保守
a bunch of old fogeys
一帮老顽固。
Example sentencesExamples
- Standing in queues is not easy for us old fogeys with worn-out joints.
- Why else would I be cheering on self-promoting snakes like Morgan and reactionary fogeys like Moore?
- And if you've played for several seasons, you'd know not to underestimate the wiliness of the old fogies.
- He placed his faith in a stiff upper lip, and the grassroots who loved him were old fogeys.
- This probably means I am officially an old fogey.
- We spend our days in a teeny tiny office, typing in medical details for old fogies and climbing over staff to reach the shelves to file things.
- The ad tells us that she is young and hip and will tell us fogies what ‘phat’ means.
- The twins were still making life hell for the old fogies around us with their incessant ‘Beatlemania’ style screaming.
- Cantankerous critics like me will be dismissed as fussy old fogies.
- It's the competitive edge that keeps a lot of us old fogies going.
- Yeah, but neither of us is old enough really to be a fogy about this.
- I'm such an old fogey that I can't remember ever having to crack out the crayons, Play Doh, and paints for my homework in high school.
- A 34-year-old watching TV could thus imagine that ‘really’ he was spiritually 20, unlike those old fogies of 35.
- Isn't that what an old fogey's supposed to say?
- You look at the old fogies and you snigger, and then you shock yourself when you calculate how few years there are between you and them.
- It's all very well for old fogies, with their pensions and their paid-up mortgages, to wander ghost-like about their business in a tatty, run-down town, resisting change.
- The drop-out rate, even among the old knickers-clad, lathi-wielding fogies, is alarming.
- No philosopher would jettison Plato just because it's old fashioned, nor would anyone mock the old fogy Whitman.
- This Charles question is not really about him being a fogey with hopelessly reactionary ideas.
- And I ended, as old fogies are entitled to do by slagging off today's so-called operating systems, describing them as crude and inelegant.
Synonyms
conventionalist, traditionalist, orthodox person, conservative, bourgeois, old fogey, stickler, formalist, diehard, reactionary

Origin

Late 18th century: related to earlier slang fogram, of unknown origin.

单词	fogey
释义	Definition of fogey in English: fogey (also fogy) nounPlural fogeys, Plural fogies ˈfəʊɡiˈfoʊɡi A very old-fashioned or conservative person. a bunch of old fogeys 一帮老顽固。 Example sentencesExamples The ad tells us that she is young and hip and will tell us fogies what ‘phat’ means. Yeah, but neither of us is old enough really to be a fogy about this. You look at the old fogies and you snigger, and then you shock yourself when you calculate how few years there are between you and them. It's all very well for old fogies, with their pensions and their paid-up mortgages, to wander ghost-like about their business in a tatty, run-down town, resisting change. Cantankerous critics like me will be dismissed as fussy old fogies. And I ended, as old fogies are entitled to do by slagging off today's so-called operating systems, describing them as crude and inelegant. The drop-out rate, even among the old knickers-clad, lathi-wielding fogies, is alarming. This probably means I am officially an old fogey. I'm such an old fogey that I can't remember ever having to crack out the crayons, Play Doh, and paints for my homework in high school. It's the competitive edge that keeps a lot of us old fogies going. Standing in queues is not easy for us old fogeys with worn-out joints. A 34-year-old watching TV could thus imagine that ‘really’ he was spiritually 20, unlike those old fogies of 35. We spend our days in a teeny tiny office, typing in medical details for old fogies and climbing over staff to reach the shelves to file things. He placed his faith in a stiff upper lip, and the grassroots who loved him were old fogeys. No philosopher would jettison Plato just because it's old fashioned, nor would anyone mock the old fogy Whitman. And if you've played for several seasons, you'd know not to underestimate the wiliness of the old fogies. Why else would I be cheering on self-promoting snakes like Morgan and reactionary fogeys like Moore? Isn't that what an old fogey's supposed to say? The twins were still making life hell for the old fogies around us with their incessant ‘Beatlemania’ style screaming. This Charles question is not really about him being a fogey with hopelessly reactionary ideas. Synonyms conventionalist, traditionalist, orthodox person, conservative, bourgeois, old fogey, stickler, formalist, diehard, reactionary Derivatives fogeydom noun ˈfəʊɡɪdəmˈfoʊɡidəm Suddenly it occurs to you there are worse possibilities out there than having your musical tastes and fashion sense consigned to the junk heap of fogydom. Example sentencesExamples Of course that was 22 years ago and thereafter we sank hopelessly back into old fogydom, but we do remember that high mark. It's not a perception he wants to encourage at the age of 38, which is verging on old fogeydom in the rarefied world of cutting-edge math. ‘The soccer was never sold out when I was a kid,’ I said, lunging irrevocably into the world of fogydom the instant the words left my lips. Oh, well, I watch Teletubbies to relax, so no fogeydom in my future. fogeyish adjective All of this fogeyish complaining stems from reading the title of this album, the debut from the Capitol Years. Example sentencesExamples The most animated ones are wearing fogeyish clothes: bow-ties and blazers. Two months ago, when the change was announced, a fogeyish campaign was mounted to save the theme. The stereotype is an elderly, fogeyish male, blissfully ignorant of the everyday concerns of people who appear before him. ‘I'm really fogeyish about this,’ she replies. fogeyism noun And at least one panelist on the closing plenary directly engaged the ‘old fogeyism’ of some senior scholars at the conference. Example sentencesExamples And to start generalising about the supposed shortcomings of the next generation is an unmistakable symptom of fogeyism. We had started to think that this creeping fogeyism had something to do with the fact that Collings' own paintings are being ignored. And sometimes there's a flash of the old comic vigour, oddly transformed by creeping fogeyism. Origin Late 18th century: related to earlier slang fogram, of unknown origin. This word for an old-fashioned or narrow-minded person is first found in the late 18th century, in Scots use. It is related to an earlier slang term fogram, and may be connected with foggy in the senses ‘flabby, bloated’ or ‘moss-grown’. In the 1980s young fogeys appeared—young people noticeable for their conservative tastes and ideas. The phrase is first recorded as far back as 1909, but became popular with the publication of The Young Fogey Handbook in 1985. Rhymes bogey, bogie, dogie, hoagie, stogy, yogi Definition of fogey in US English: fogey (also fogy) nounˈfoʊɡiˈfōɡē A person, typically an old one, who is considered to be old-fashioned or conservative in attitude or tastes. 守旧者，老保守 a bunch of old fogeys 一帮老顽固。 Example sentencesExamples Standing in queues is not easy for us old fogeys with worn-out joints. Why else would I be cheering on self-promoting snakes like Morgan and reactionary fogeys like Moore? And if you've played for several seasons, you'd know not to underestimate the wiliness of the old fogies. He placed his faith in a stiff upper lip, and the grassroots who loved him were old fogeys. This probably means I am officially an old fogey. We spend our days in a teeny tiny office, typing in medical details for old fogies and climbing over staff to reach the shelves to file things. The ad tells us that she is young and hip and will tell us fogies what ‘phat’ means. The twins were still making life hell for the old fogies around us with their incessant ‘Beatlemania’ style screaming. Cantankerous critics like me will be dismissed as fussy old fogies. It's the competitive edge that keeps a lot of us old fogies going. Yeah, but neither of us is old enough really to be a fogy about this. I'm such an old fogey that I can't remember ever having to crack out the crayons, Play Doh, and paints for my homework in high school. A 34-year-old watching TV could thus imagine that ‘really’ he was spiritually 20, unlike those old fogies of 35. Isn't that what an old fogey's supposed to say? You look at the old fogies and you snigger, and then you shock yourself when you calculate how few years there are between you and them. It's all very well for old fogies, with their pensions and their paid-up mortgages, to wander ghost-like about their business in a tatty, run-down town, resisting change. The drop-out rate, even among the old knickers-clad, lathi-wielding fogies, is alarming. No philosopher would jettison Plato just because it's old fashioned, nor would anyone mock the old fogy Whitman. This Charles question is not really about him being a fogey with hopelessly reactionary ideas. And I ended, as old fogies are entitled to do by slagging off today's so-called operating systems, describing them as crude and inelegant. Synonyms conventionalist, traditionalist, orthodox person, conservative, bourgeois, old fogey, stickler, formalist, diehard, reactionary Origin Late 18th century: related to earlier slang fogram, of unknown origin.
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