Fogey
noun
A person who is old-fashioned or does not like changes.
My grandfather is such a fogey, he still prefers using a typewriter instead of a computer.
Often appears as...
- old fogey
- boring fogey
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A person who is old-fashioned or does not like changes.
My grandfather is such a fogey, he still prefers using a typewriter instead of a computer.
Often appears as...
- old fogey
- boring fogey
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Usage
Typically used in informal conversations among friends or on social media.
Don't be such a fogey, try the new app everyone's using!
Pro Tip 2/3Slightly Disparaging
Can be slightly negative, suggesting stubbornness or an inability to adapt.
She called me a fogey for not wanting to get an e-reader.
Pro Tip 3/3Age-Related
Often associated with older people, but young people can be fogeys too if they're resistant to change.
Young fogeys at the club insist on wearing vintage suits.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Usage
Typically used in informal conversations among friends or on social media.
Don't be such a fogey, try the new app everyone's using!
Pro Tip 2/3Slightly Disparaging
Can be slightly negative, suggesting stubbornness or an inability to adapt.
She called me a fogey for not wanting to get an e-reader.
Pro Tip 3/3Age-Related
Often associated with older people, but young people can be fogeys too if they're resistant to change.
Young fogeys at the club insist on wearing vintage suits.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Usage
Typically used in informal conversations among friends or on social media.
Don't be such a fogey, try the new app everyone's using!
Pro Tip 2/3Slightly Disparaging
Can be slightly negative, suggesting stubbornness or an inability to adapt.
She called me a fogey for not wanting to get an e-reader.
Pro Tip 3/3Age-Related
Often associated with older people, but young people can be fogeys too if they're resistant to change.
Young fogeys at the club insist on wearing vintage suits.
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Bob Thurman: We can be...
All the young people, actually, from the city. The old fogeys don't come because they're mad at Buddha, because when he came to their city he accepted -- he always accepts the first invitation that comes to him, from whoever it is,
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Bob Thurman: We can be...
All the young people, actually, from the city. The old fogeys don't come because they're mad at Buddha, because when he came to their city he accepted -- he always accepts the first invitation that comes to him, from whoever it is,
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Adam Lashinsky
American Editor
Newfangled online sites like 'Business Insider' and 'Huffington Post' built businesses they later sold for hundreds of millions of dollars by ripping off the work of more talented journalists and then playing Google's digitally native games better than the old fogeys ever could.
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Jonny Greenwood
English Musician
I worry about being a fogy and just writing for orchestras. Like, really, I should be doing more electronic stuff, I feel. Laptops as part of the orchestra, and installation sound, and speakers.
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Josh Turner
American Musician
Not only am I trying to be a daddy, but also a friend, not be the old fogey that's slowing everybody else down... not for a while, at least.
Quote examples
Adam Lashinsky
American Editor
Newfangled online sites like 'Business Insider' and 'Huffington Post' built businesses they later sold for hundreds of millions of dollars by ripping off the work of more talented journalists and then playing Google's digitally native games better than the old fogeys ever could.
Quote examples
Jonny Greenwood
English Musician
I worry about being a fogy and just writing for orchestras. Like, really, I should be doing more electronic stuff, I feel. Laptops as part of the orchestra, and installation sound, and speakers.
Quote examples
Josh Turner
American Musician
Not only am I trying to be a daddy, but also a friend, not be the old fogey that's slowing everybody else down... not for a while, at least.
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