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young fogey
noun
a young person with outdated ideas and values UK
Coinage is claimed by Australian writer and wit Clive James.- A Labour poster fingers him nicely. It shows a 16-year-old [William] Hague with long hair and lapels you would not believe, a young fogey down to the fake leather buttons[.] — The Guardian, 24 May 2001
- I was the person to say “young fogey” and “underwhelmed” but you don’t get any credit for that. Neither are in the Oxford English Dictionary[.] — Word, p. 54, September 2004
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