fogy
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Consequently, throughout the 1970s and ’80s Wilson was viewed as a Tory, a young fogy.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 23, 2022
I comfortably describe myself as an old fogy.
From Slate ● Feb. 6, 2018
Berman is a young fogy, described as “a 37-year-old trapped in a 67-year-old’s body.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 17, 2014
Simply being young does not guarantee immunity from the frustratingly crusty decisions of a stereotypical fogy.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2013
Duffer, duf′ėr, n. a dull plodding person: a fogy, useless old fellow: a counterfeit coin: a claim or mine which proves unproductive.—ns.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
“What it says for old fogies like me, is that the young are hungry for the word of God,” said Oldham, who is in his 40s.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2024
Time and sorrow may make fogies of us all.
From Slate ● Feb. 9, 2021
But in our multiple-exclamation-pointed, totally amazing, but like oh-em-gee, the worst society, this kind of over-the-top rhetoric is what passes for what we old fogies used to call “contrast” in elections.
From Fox News ● Aug. 28, 2020
Simpson: American Crime Story” are quick to remind us old fogies, many viewers will be coming to this material fresh.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 1, 2016
Some of the fogies objected to the names Phillips and John Brown.
From Louisa May Alcott : Her Life, Letters, and Journals by Louisa May Alcott
