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also fogey
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.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Apr. 2026
For the benefit of us old fogies?
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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.
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Chris McKeown,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
14 Feb. 2026
Old fogey-ish, ungrateful and stupid.
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Katie Hafner,
Scientific American,
10 Sep. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fogy
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Vermeule—a former clerk for Scalia—proposes that conservatives should read the Constitution’s ambiguous phrases and general structure in an openly moral way, drawing on principles grounded in the nature and purposes of government.
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In her final opinion as a Supreme Court justice in 2005, Sandra Day O’Connor – a judicial conservative – reflected on the importance of church-state separation to guarantee full religious freedom.
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And a quieter sky genuinely matters to veterans with PTSD, to parents of sensory-sensitive kids, and to every dog that spends the Fourth wedged under a bed.
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Condrey is a writer, veteran and formerly homeless resident of San Diego.
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Working with the British Antarctic Survey, Thomson was mapping the area's rock layers and collected marine reptile fossils to help with future dating efforts.
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Trends in recent decades point to an overall warming of average temperatures in winter as well as fall, spring and summer, from human activities such as fossil-fuel burning that release heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere.
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“Fogy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fogy. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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