fogey
noun /ˈfəʊɡi/
/ˈfəʊɡi/
(also fogy)
(plural fogeys, fogies)
(informal)- a person with old-fashioned ideas that he or she is unwilling to change
老顽固;守旧落伍的人 - He sounds like such an old fogey!
他说话听起来真是个老顽固! - She was showing old fogey potential at a frighteningly young age.
她在极其年轻的时候就显示出老顽固的潜力。 - He was a young fogey, wearing a waistcoat and watch chain at the age of 19.
他是个年轻的守旧者,19岁时穿着背心,戴着表链。
词源late 18th cent.: related to earlier slang fogram, of unknown origin. - He sounds like such an old fogey!