- a variation of fogy.
fogey
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Lewis paints Ray as an old fogey who simply doesn’t get it and has tried to impose old-school financial standards on new-school operations such as FTX.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
But sometimes, alas, a reluctant or confused old fogey must be persuaded.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2023
“I acknowledge the fact I was the old, craggy fogey and she was this beautiful creature,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2022
But she can’t figure out how to voice these reservations without sounding like a fogey.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2021
Mr. Keesing, the old fogey who teaches math, was mad at me for the longest time because I talked so much.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
The Recording Academy can’t get enough of young fogeys like Laufey, whose pop-jazz balladry might evoke voters’ memories of Norah Jones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2025
The “serious” music that confounded the fogeys nearly a century ago is played in every symphony hall around the world.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 6, 2019
They may associate traditional three-camera series like BBT with shows like Saved By the Bell or Hannah Montana, which seem formally stiff and aimed at either little kids or old fogeys.
From The Verge ● Aug. 30, 2018
When Schur attacked all of these dyspeptic, mother’s-basement-invoking fogeys, he believed he was punching up at the gatekeepers of the game.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2016
The circle of his influence was ever increasing—the very oldest fogeys, who had prophesied every kind of failure, were being gradually won over.
From Hodge and His Masters by Richard Jefferies
