FOGEY


Meaning of FOGEY in English

(also fogy ) / ˈfəʊgi; NAmE ˈfoʊgi/ noun

( pl. fogeys or fo·gies ) a person with old-fashioned ideas that he or she is unwilling to change :

He sounds like such an old fogey !

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WORD ORIGIN

late 18th cent.: related to earlier slang fogram , of unknown origin.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.