fogy

noun — 2 senses

fogy

noun
1

Alternative Alternative spelling of fogey.

  • “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]”1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IX, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
2

Government, Military, Politics, War US, Dated, Slang Extra pay granted to officers for length of service.

Derived terms
fogydom, fogyish, fogyism

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