fogey
n.
conservative, old-fashioned person, person who dislikes change
Old fogey
Old fogey is a
nickname used to describe someone as slightly old fashioned: out of touch with modern ideals. In
1811, an Old Fogey was a nickname for an invalid, wounded soldier; derived from the French word fougeux; fierce or fiery. The modern sense has changed the use a little, but there is still the element of invalid in the saying.
Young Fogey was humorously applied in a
British context to some younger-generation but rather buttoned-down writers and journalists — examples being
Charles Moore and (for a while)
A. N. Wilson. The term is attributed to
Alan Watkins writing in 1984 in
The Spectator.
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fogey
Noun
1. someone whose style is out of fashion
(synonym) dodo, fogy, fossil
(hypernym) oldster, old person, senior citizen, golden ager
(classification) colloquialism
fogey
FOGEY
PERSONA ALL'ANTICA. PARRUCCONE. MATUSA