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fogy

noun

ˈfō-gē

variants also fogey

Definition of fogy

as in conservative

a person with old-fashioned ideas old fogies who said that rap music would never last

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Recent Examples of fogy There’s no old fogey-ness to Lorne. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2026 For the benefit of us old fogies? — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026 Now the 10% is for stubborn old fogies who refuse to change their ways and try something new. — Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2026 Old fogey-ish, ungrateful and stupid. — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025 These are people who know AI and have grown up with this stuff that these old fogies haven't. — Alison Snyder, Axios, 23 Feb. 2025 The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits. — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023 Young people with the right stuff can be far more resilient than we old fogies suspect. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2023 Consequently, throughout the 1970s and ’80s Wilson was viewed as a Tory, a young fogy. — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022

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Noun

But if conservatives and independents who claim to believe in the constitution and fiscal responsibility actually vote that way, that will finally change.

— Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
Proponents of Amendment 85 — including conservatives and liberals — say tax impacts and other necessary information can still appear in ballot measures.

— Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of conservative

Noun

Then Kreiz took the mallet and landed a cannon-shot ring on the bell that was so loud that one of the Citadel traders turned around in shock, and even Wall Street veteran Gerry Cardinale’s eyebrows were raised.

— Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
Seiber, 40, was a father of two and an Air Force veteran who served 10 years with the Philadelphia Police Department.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

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Leaning into its history, Kessler has outfitted the hotel with installations that channel the Jurassic period, including life size dinosaur skeletons and fossils, backlit in a range of bright colors, displayed throughout the walls.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Oct. 2026
Thus, FRBs are a metaphorical cosmic 'fossil record' blasting through space at light speed with the energy of a multitude of stars.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026

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