old+fogy

  • 111fogey — /ˈfoʊgi/ (say fohgee) noun (plural fogies or fogeys) an old fashioned or excessively conservative person: an old fogey. Also, fogy. {17th century; originally Scottish} …

  • 112mossback — noun Date: 1872 1. a large sluggish fish (as a largemouth bass) 2. an extremely old fashioned or reactionary person ; fogy • mossbacked adjective …

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  • 113fossil — I. adjective Etymology: Latin fossilis obtained by digging, from fodere to dig more at bed Date: 1604 1. preserved from a past geologic age < fossil plants > < fossil water in an underground reservoir > 2. being or resembling a fossil 3. of or&#8230; …

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  • 114Foote &amp; Davies Company — was the most important book printer in early Atlanta.Founded in 1887, their first office and plant was 65 Alabama St just west of the depot (at Underground Atlanta, it would be just west of the Johnny Rockets). But by 1910 they had moved to a&#8230; …

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  • 115fogram — /foh greuhm/, n. an old fashioned or overly conservative person; fogy. Also, fogrum. [1765 75; orig. uncert.] * * * …

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  • 116mossback — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. right winger, reactionary, die hard; see conservative . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. A person who vehemently, often fanatically opposes progress and favors return to a previous condition: die hard, reactionary,&#8230; …

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  • 117stick-in-the-mud — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. An old fashioned person who is reluctant to change or innovate: fogy, fossil, fuddy duddy, mossback. Slang: square. See NEW …

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  • 118fogey — [ fəʊgi] (also fogy) noun (plural fogeys or fogies) a very old fashioned or conservative person. Derivatives fogeydom noun fogeyish adjective fogeyism noun …

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  • 119diehard — [n] overenthusiastic person bitter ender*, Bourbon*, dyed in the wool*, extremist, fanatic, fogy, fundamentalist, intransigent, mossback*, old liner*, praetorian, pullback*, reactionary, right, rightist, right winger, standpat, standpatter, stick …

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  • 120fogey — (also fogy) ► NOUN (pl. fogeys or fogies) ▪ a very old fashioned or conservative person. DERIVATIVES fogeydom noun fogeyish adjective fogeyism noun. ORIGIN related to earlier slang fogram, of unknown origin …

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