Usually means: Traditionalist resistant to change, outdated.
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  3. old fogy (old fogey): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of old fogey [(idiomatic) An old and overly conservative person.]

Similar:
fogrum, fogram, oldy, oldie, oldster, old age pensioner, oldman, fossil, haggard, old folks, more...

Opposite:
modernist, progressive, innovator, avant-garde

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Similar:
fogrum, fogram, oldy, oldie, oldster, old age pensioner, oldman, fossil, haggard, old folks, more...

Opposite:
modernist, progressive, innovator, avant-garde



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