Fogey

I'm very pleased to have a new word in my vocabulary to use in the defence of young people and the attacking of the kind of fogey-ness that attends many, many discussions of young people, young people's behaviour, young people's books etc etc et bloody cetera. ❋ Lili (2007)

Pathetic is the word that aptly described this fogey. ❋ Unknown (2010)

This isn't an old fogey trying to go "classy;" this is an artist reinvigorating his catalog of songs. ❋ Michael Giltz (2011)

If you don't know what a Twitter Jockey is, don't feel like too much of a fogey, it seems like MTV is still figuring out what that means too. ❋ Starre Vartan (2010)

You should invest like an old fogey when you're young. ❋ Unknown (2010)

None other than older fogey rocket man Werner von Braun himself. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Am I just an old fogey, or is it really true that popular music of this era is far better than anything since? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Hari was particularly frustrating, for not only was he a young fogey who supported the war in Iraq, he was constantly used as an excuse for not letting me have a column in the paper. ❋ Mark Seddon (2011)

The subject can seem ridiculously fogey-ish and fusty. ❋ Kira Cochrane (2010)

"There's definitely a 'young fogey' look out there at the moment that is very popular," says Grant, who concentrates on British tailoring with simple, well-constructed shapes shirts from £195 and jackets from £800. ❋ Tina Gaudoin (2011)

It's getting increasingly odd to read books with David Tennant's manic cheeky chappie at the same time as watching Matt Smith's alien young fogey (must try not doing two books and new episode in the same weekend too often). ❋ Nwhyte (2010)

How did my great anti-establishment hero come to morph so easily into the "SirIan" old fogey of present-day Test match commentary? ❋ Unknown (2011)

True, I did watch Countryfile at the weekend fly fishing on the river Usk, hell yeah! but I fail to see anything fogey about refusing to join a virtual reality cult. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It's telling that in our culture someone who becomes associated with beliefs such as these is lampooned as a pathetic fogey who apparently thinks those old books are important or something. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When Grant says "fogey," he doesn't necessarily mean three-piece or even two-piece suits. ❋ Tina Gaudoin (2011)

(I'm such an old fogey -- or maybe it was just seeing Jersey Boys -- that I thought for a second she'd be doing the Four Seasons number.) ❋ Unknown (2010)