young fogey/fogy

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-ious and conservative novelist and critic A. N. Wilson, these mainly male mem-bers of, or aspirers to the upper-mid-dle-class re-create in their lifestyle and outlook the more refined pre-1960 establishment values (i.e. [high] Angli-canism, literary dabbling, a liking for traditional cooking/clothing, etc.)

► 'These days a "party" is often a sedate a deux affair at the latest Young Fogy night-spot. ' (Sunday Times, Men's Fashion Extra, Oc-tober 1989)

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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
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
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
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

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