fogeynoun [ C ]
also fogy uk/ˈfəʊ.ɡi/us/ˈfoʊ.ɡi/informal disapprovinga person who is old-fashioned and likes traditional ways of doing things:
The party is run by a bunch of old fogeys who resist progress.
When you're 16, anyone over 25 is an old fogey.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People who are boring and old-fashioned
- bore
- Colonel Blimp
- crashing bore
- dinosaur
- drip
- fossil
- frump
- has-been
- killjoy
- Luddite
- party pooper
- sad-sack
- spod
- spoilsport
- square
- stick-in-the-mud
- stuffed shirt
- wet blanket
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