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- [foh-gee]
- /ˈfoʊ gi/
- /ˈfəʊ.ɡi/
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- [foh-gee]
- /ˈfoʊ gi/
Definitions of fogey word
- abbreviation FOGEY fogy. 1
- noun plural fogey an excessively conservative or old-fashioned person, especially one who is intellectually dull (usually preceded by old): The board of directors were old fogies still living in the 19th century. 1
- noun fogey A person, typically an old one, who is considered to be old-fashioned or conservative in attitude or tastes. 1
- noun fogey boringly old-fashioned person 1
- countable noun fogey If you describe someone as a fogey or an old fogey, you mean that they are boring and old-fashioned. 0
- noun fogey an extremely fussy, old-fashioned, or conservative person (esp in the phrase old fogey) 0
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Origin of fogey
First appearance:
before 1770 One of the 46% newest English words
First recorded in 1770-80; origin uncertain
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Parts of speech for Fogey
noun
adjective
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adverb
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preposition
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determiner
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fogey popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
fogey usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for fogey
noun fogey
- fuddy-duddy — a person who is stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative.
- fossil — any remains, impression, or trace of a living thing of a former geologic age, as a skeleton, footprint, etc.
- stick-in-the-mud — someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
- dodo — any of several clumsy, flightless, extinct birds of the genera Raphus and Pezophaps, related to pigeons but about the size of a turkey, formerly inhabiting the islands of Mauritius, Réunion, and Rodriguez.
- old fogy — a person who is excessively old-fashioned in attitude, ideas, manners, etc.
Antonyms for fogey
adjective fogey
- compromising — If you describe information or a situation as compromising, you mean that it reveals an embarrassing or guilty secret about someone.
- conceding — to acknowledge as true, just, or proper; admit: He finally conceded that she was right.
Top questions with fogey
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