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young fogey
young fogey Also young fogy and with capital initials. [f. young a. + fogy, fogey 2.] A young person of noticeably conservative tastes or outlook. Cf. old fogey s.v. fogy, fogey 2. Though occasionally used at an earlier date in contrast with old fogey, the expression did not become common until the ...
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Young fogey
Publications
Suzanne Lowry, The Young Fogey Handbook: a guide to backward mobility. Harpers, London, 1985
See also
and of old fogey
References
External links
The Young Fogey - An Elegy, 2003 Spectator article
Reflections of a Young
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Young Fogey - Notes from a student of human nature - Patheos
Oct 24, 2023Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world. The Tragic Vision of Christian Singleness. August 28, 2022 By Esther O'Reilly.
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fogy
fogy, fogey (ˈfəʊgɪ) Forms: 8–9 fogey, fogie, 9 fogy, Sc. foggie. [Possibly a subst. use of foggy a. in sense 3, fat, bloated, or in sense 2, moss-grown. Cf. foggie and fogram.] 1. Sc. An invalid or garrison soldier.1785 Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue, Fogey, old fogey, a nick name for an invalid soldier....
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The Flying Nun (1966) - Weatherman
The King's Pirate (1967) - Gow
Lost in Space (1967) - Colonel Fogey
The Flim-Flam Man (1967) - Supermarket Jaffe
Oklahoma Crude (1973) - Lawyer
Charley Varrick (1973) - Harold Young
Papillon (1973) - Clusiot
Hearts of the West (1975) - Mr.
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Michael Bywater
Bywater was previously identified as a young fogey. In The Young Fogey Handbook (Poole, Dorset: Javelin Books, 1985), author Suzanne Lowry writes: "Michael Bywater, 30-year old Punch columnist and former
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New Right
New Right orig. U.S. [After New Left, new left.] The name given to a political movement that arose in response to the challenge of the New Left, characterized by rejection of all forms of socialism, emphasis on traditional, conservative values with regard to the law, morality, and social consciousne...
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Sloane Ranger
the United Kingdom, a Sloane Ranger, or simply a Sloane, is a stereotypical upper-middle or upper-class person, typically although not necessarily a young fogey
References
External links
"Return of the Sloanes" by Jeremy Langmead, The Guardian, 1 June 2007
"Tory chic: the Return of Poshness" by Andy
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arty
▪ I. arty, a. colloq. (ˈɑːtɪ) [f. art n. + -y1.] 1. A jocular epithet for furniture, decoration, etc., of artistic pretensions; also applied to persons who wish to be regarded as artistic in taste, dress, etc.1901 Academy 16 Mar. 221 The Kensington is its title; it is broad in the page, handsomely p...
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Tweed
This practice has its roots in the British young fogey and hipster subcultures of the late 2000s and early 2010s, whose adherents appreciate both vintage
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naff
▪ I. † naff(e Obs. rare—0. [Of obscure origin.] Some water-bird.1570 Levins Manip. 9/17 A Naffe, a birde, vria. 1678 Littleton Lat.-Eng. Dict., Vria, a bird called a naff. Naff, mergus cirrhatus.▪ II. naff, v. slang. (næf) [Of uncertain origin: Partridge links the word tentatively with old backslang...
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Anthony Lejeune
He was described by The Times as "always out of period, a misfit in the modern world for whom the term 'young fogey' might have been invented".
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nouveau
‖ nouveau, a. and n. (nuvo, nuːˈvəʊ) Pl. nouveaux; anglicized -s. [Fr., = new; in sense A. 1 after nouveau riche n. (cf. new a. 8 d).] A. adj. 1. a. Of persons: possessing recently acquired wealth or position (usu. with connotation of ostentation or vulgar show); nouveau riche. Also of wealth so acq...
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Alan Watkins
popularised a number of phrases that have passed into common journalistic parlance, including "chattering classes"; although he fleshed out the archetypal "young fogey" in The Spectator in 1984, Watkins noted that he had adopted the phrase from the journalist Terence Kilmartin, who had used it in reference to the
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cross-refer
cross-reˈfer, v. [Back-formation f. cross-reference n.] intr. To make a cross-reference or cross-references; to refer or look from one place or publication to another. Also, to contain cross-references.1879 Library Jrnl. IV. 234 Where will you place double subjects? Will you catalogue under both, or...
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