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View usage for: (foʊgi) also fogy Word forms: plural fogies, plural fogeyscountable nounIf you describe someone as a fogey or an old fogey, you mean that they are boring and old-fashioned. [informal, disapproval] I don't want to sound like I'm some old fogy. Synonyms: fuddy-duddy [informal], square [informal], stick-in-the-mud [informal], antique [informal] More Synonyms of fogey or fogy (ˈfəʊɡɪ) nounWord forms: plural -geys or -giesan extremely fussy, old-fashioned, or conservative person (esp in the phrase old fogey) Derived forms fogeyish (ˈfogeyish) or fogyish (ˈfogyish) adjective fogeyism (ˈfogeyism) or fogyism (ˈfogyism) noun Word origin C18: of unknown origin fogey in American English (ˈfoʊgi) nounWord forms: plural ˈfogeys Examples of 'fogey' in a sentencefogey Definition an extremely old-fashioned person I don't want to sound like I'm some old fogy. Synonyms antique (informal) fossil (informal) relic anachronism dodo (informal) back number (informal) Additional synonymsSuch companies are industrial dinosaurs. Synonyms fuddy-duddy (informal), anachronism, dodo (informal), stick-in-the-mud (informal), antique (informal), fossil (informal), relic (informal), fogy or fogey, back number (informal) Definition a person who is dull or unfashionable I'm a square, man. I adore Steely Dan. Synonyms conservative, dinosaur, traditionalist, die-hard, stick-in-the-mud (informal), fuddy-duddy (informal), old buffer (British, informal), antediluvian, back number (informal), (old) fogey Definition a person who is unwilling to try anything new or do anything exciting a stick-in-the-mud who prefers the old, tried and tested methods Synonyms (old) fogey, conservative, reactionary, stick (informal), dinosaur, die-hard, fuddy-duddy (informal), Colonel Blimp, sobersides- fodder
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