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1 young fogey
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young fogey — young fogy or young fogey (derogatory) A young person who adopts old fashioned opinions, appearance, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑fogy young fogy or young fogey noun A young person with (esp vociferously proffered) conservative or reactionary opinions… … Useful english dictionary
Young Fogey — The term Young Fogey was humorously applied, in British context, to some younger generation, rather buttoned down writers and journalists, such as Charles Moore and, for a while, A. N. Wilson. The term is attributed to Alan Watkins writing in… … Wikipedia
young fogey/fogy — n British a youngish person of self consciously traditional attitudes, manners and aes thetic ideals. Young fogey, by humorous analogy with the colloquial old fogey , characterised another social subgroup of the 1980s. Personified by the fastid… … Contemporary slang
fogey — fogey, fogy This occurs mainly in the expressions old (and now also young) fogey. Fogy was formerly the dominant spelling; Thackeray and Charles Kingsley, for example, wrote about old fogies, implying a singular form fogy. But with the more… … Modern English usage
young fogy — or young fogey (derogatory) A young person who adopts old fashioned opinions, appearance, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑fogy young fogy or young fogey noun A young person with (esp vociferously proffered) conservative or reactionary opinions • • • Main… … Useful english dictionary
young fogy — n British a youngish person of self consciously traditional attitudes, manners and aes thetic ideals. Young fogey, by humorous analogy with the colloquial old fogey , characterised another social subgroup of the 1980s. Personified by the fastid… … Contemporary slang
fogy — fogey, fogy This occurs mainly in the expressions old (and now also young) fogey. Fogy was formerly the dominant spelling; Thackeray and Charles Kingsley, for example, wrote about old fogies, implying a singular form fogy. But with the more… … Modern English usage
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