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 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/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
youth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Condition of being young Nouns 1. youth, juvenility, juvenescence, immaturity, juniority; childhood, boyhood, maidenhood, girlhood, youthhood; minority, nonage, teenage, teens, tender age, bloom; prime… … English dictionary for students
social swearing — n. Casual swearing that helps to define and bind a social group. Example Citations: Swearing to define the gang, social swearing, is where you are most relaxed. That is where the swearing is the most, Professor Burridge said. Lisa Power and Ian… … New words
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
old man — Synonyms and related words: Casanova, Don Juan, Father Time, Lothario, Methuselah, Nestor, Old Paar, Romeo, abba, amoroso, antediluvian, antique, back number, beau, benedict, boyfriend, caballero, cavalier, cavaliere servente, centenarian,… … Moby Thesaurus
old, older — The everyday word for someone advanced in age is old. Old is also applied to anything in existence of long standing or that originated in a prior age: an old man, an old church, an old map, an old poem, an old model, an old family. Older is the… … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
fo|gy — «FOH gee», noun, plural gies. an old fashioned person; one who is behind the times or who lacks enterprise: »My part…is always that of the old Fogy who sees nothing to admire in the young folks (George Eliot). ╂[originally Scottish foggie; origin … Useful english dictionary
