noun
- an old-fashioned person who is resistant to change or new ideas
Usage: informal; sometimes spelled ‘fogy’
Examples
- My grandfather is such an old fogey when it comes to technology.
- Don’t be such a fogey about trying new restaurants.
- The young fogey insisted on wearing a three-piece suit every day.
- She called him a fogey for refusing to use social media.
- The committee was full of old fogeys who opposed any changes to the rules.
- He may seem like a fogey, but he actually has some good ideas.