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Fogey

//ˈfoʊɡi// noun

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Noun

1
A dull person (especially an old man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.
"[T]he old fogies, as you call them, at Bays’s, are some of the first gentlemen in England, of whom you youngsters had best learn a little manners, and a little breeding, and a little modesty."
2
someone whose style is out of fashion wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Scots foggie, fogie (noun), perhaps derived from Scots foggie (“covered with moss or lichen; mossy", hence "old, antiquated, decrepit”, adjective), from Scots fog (“moss; lichen”), equivalent to fog (“moss”) + -y. Further origin uncertain. More at fog.

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