fogey
noun /ˈfəʊɡi/
/ˈfəʊɡi/
(also fogy)
(plural fogeys, fogies)
(informal)- a person with old-fashioned ideas that he or she is unwilling to change
- He sounds like such an old fogey!
- She was showing old fogey potential at a frighteningly young age.
- He was a young fogey, wearing a waistcoat and watch chain at the age of 19.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: related to earlier slang fogram, of unknown origin.