Noun, : The board of directors were old fogies still living in the 19th century. From Dictionary.com.
Well -- what, do I sound like, an old fogey, right?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2005] Reference
Pathetic is the word that aptly described this fogey. From Wordnik.com. [McCain says he is now 'a partisan'] Reference
You should invest like an old fogey when you're young. From Wordnik.com. [It's never too early to open up a Roth IRA] Reference
The subject can seem ridiculously fogey-ish and fusty. From Wordnik.com. [Role models: someone to look up to] Reference
We believe that Solomon was an old fogey when he spoke of. From Wordnik.com. [Sermons on Biblical Characters] Reference
She acts like a total old-fogey white male political pig. From Wordnik.com. [badbadzoot Diary Entry] Reference
Occasionally I reveal myself for the old fogey that I am. From Wordnik.com. [Is that right? KFC Double Down sandwich is "the vilest food product created by man"?] Reference
There is a word for that and it's not integrity. old fogey. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
Sarah Palin second in charge to that whistling old fogey?. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Let the record show that my wife is in no way an old fogey. From Wordnik.com. [The Landline That Refused to Leave] Reference
You really don't have to be an old fogey to appreciate this. From Wordnik.com. [Smothers Brothers: Boil That Cabbage Down] Reference
They might make him look like a bit of an old fogey, though. From Wordnik.com. [Fancy dress by Kate Horsley] Reference
Why, oh why don't they know classic rock or old fogey pastimes?. From Wordnik.com. [Is That Legal?: Be Cool, Realize You're Old School] Reference
None other than older fogey rocket man Werner von Braun himself. From Wordnik.com. [NASA 2.0? - NASA Watch] Reference
And even then I used to tease him by calling him the young fogey. From Wordnik.com. [The Girls in the Balcony: Women, Men, and the New York Times] Reference
You think me an old fogey and an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. From Wordnik.com. [Ulysses] Reference
An old fogey to make the world think there's a grown-up on the bridge?. From Wordnik.com. [The Trouble With Bentsen] Reference
You have not told me your age, but I suppose you are not an old fogey. From Wordnik.com. [Defenders of Democracy; contributions from representative men and women of letters and other arts from our allies and our own country, edited by the Gift book committee of the Militia of Mercy] Reference
Could the relentless old fogey win the world championship when he's 60?. From Wordnik.com. [Phil Taylor: I'll never be able to stop … I eat, breathe and sleep darts] Reference
As I am a certifiable fogey, this project also gives me a chance to. From Wordnik.com. [Arlene Goldbard » 2005 » May] Reference
He'll be some old fogey who spends his days at the Conference, won't he?. From Wordnik.com. [The Mystery of the Missing Man]
(Don't they realize that -- to kids -- everyone over 10 is an old fogey?). From Wordnik.com. [Michael Giltz: Cannes 2009 Preview: Things Are Looking "Up?"] Reference
Old fogey lamentation by john riggs on Monday, Apr 7, 2008 at 5: 52: 58 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Sad state of the union] Reference
I come across as an old fogey a lot of the time because of this background. From Wordnik.com. [outfoxed Diary Entry] Reference
Old fogey returns to Alma Mater, says things were better in the olden days. From Wordnik.com. [Justice Scalia knocks The University of Chicago Law School, those infamous "Law and" courses, and possibly (tacitly) Barack Obama.] Reference
I'd be inclined to consider these the musings of an old fogey in the age of the iPad. From Wordnik.com. [Reaching for That First-Edition High] Reference
The argument that old-fogey types make for staying in school is kind of double-edged. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Lotto News] Reference
I have luckily avoided -- as I said to someone there's a benefit in being an old fogey. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 22, 2002] Reference
At the risk of sounding like an old fogey here ... that's just plain dangerous, people. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
Madison Man: Old fogey returns to Alma Mater, says things were better in the olden days. From Wordnik.com. [Justice Scalia knocks The University of Chicago Law School, those infamous "Law and" courses, and possibly (tacitly) Barack Obama.] Reference
It's great film and it wasn't quite as scary as I remembered it Tough being an old fogey!. From Wordnik.com. [FILMS: "Sahara" & "Watcher In the Woods!"] Reference
I came here to look after the estate, and here I have grown old — an old fogey, in fact. From Wordnik.com. [The Schoolmistress and other stories] Reference
It won't happen before as Gordo relies on it for his daily red herring sound bites. old fogey. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
Of course, I'm a dog-owning old fogey, but I think I can get along with a cat-owning feminist. From Wordnik.com. [What LIT SOUP is] Reference
He married a younger woman who said, you old fogey, you need to actually listen to some real music here. From Wordnik.com. [Miles, Beyond Jazz: Rock Hall Honors Davis] Reference
Ah me, thirty years and more have passed since then; and I'm an old fogey, while he's just beginning life!. From Wordnik.com. [Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant] Reference
Also, "numbnut" was consider passe, picture the accent, silly and so-fogey back in 1973 I can't speak for before that. From Wordnik.com. ["I haven't liked a candidate enough to be actually disillusioned by one in . . . "] Reference
As I am a certifiable fogey, this project also gives me a chance to dip into whatever the young folks are saying and doing. From Wordnik.com. [Mad Props for The Tent of Abraham, Hagar and Sarah] Reference
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