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fogy

noun

ˈfō-gē

variants also fogey

Definition of fogy

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. — 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 These are people who know AI and have grown up with this stuff that these old fogies haven't. — Alison Snyder, Axios, 23 Feb. 2025 The parents—a dapper young fogy with ramrod posture and a soulful, slightly rumpled bluestocking—stand behind two tidy little girls in matching sailor suits. — Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2023 Young people with the right stuff can be far more resilient than we old fogies suspect. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Feb. 2023 Consequently, throughout the 1970s and ’80s Wilson was viewed as a Tory, a young fogy. — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022

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Noun

Eventually, the conservatives succeeded; the denomination finally divided in a schism in 2024, with more than seventy-six hundred congregations leaving to join a conservative Global Methodist Church.

— Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Graham has framed her outsider status as an asset, while pointing to Trump's support as one of the key reasons conservatives should support her bid for a full term.

— Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of conservative

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Of the bunch, Kaminsky is the only Broadway veteran, with Álvarez, Knight and Cochran — as well as understudies Caron Buinis, Caroline Hendricks and Michael Holding — all making their Broadway debuts with Paranormal Activity.

— Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
The Nuggets need to get younger, longer and meaner around that veteran trio, and ASAP.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of veteran

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For a long time, this fossil sat in museum archives under a quiet case of mistaken identity.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2026
The team notes that since the fossil was located in an area that would have once been where water and land met, the insect's transitional habitat played a key role in its evolution.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of fossil

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