fogy
IPA: fˈoʊgi
noun
- (US, military, dated, slang) Extra pay granted to officers for length of service.
- Alternative spelling of fogey [A dull person (especially an older man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.]
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Examples of "fogy" in Sentences
- Likely because I'm an old fogy that the young folks humor.
- As an old fogy, I do not understand your newfangled descriptions.
- Where did this old fogy come from, they just forgot all about this war.
- Most of the other critics seemed to get the movie better than old fogy Roger Ebert did.
- If you suggest that artists should create beautiful things, you risk being branded an old fogy.
- Then again, at least Milner is trying to be of use; he's an old-fashioned kind of fogy that way.
- It was to Ray he promptly opened his heart, as that veteran of a dozen Indian campaigns, then drawing his fourth "fogy," came hastening out to join the commander.
- Later i tried to charge it back up (my memory of these events is kind of fogy but i'll do the best i can to recount) it seemed like the battery wouldn't hold a charge.
- For those of you searching for a safe reason to lambaste Twilight: New Moon without sounding like a grumpy old fogy, Asylum. com has the answer: New Moon‘s werewolves simply aren’t werewolves.
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