young fogey — young fogy or young fogey (derogatory) A young person who adopts old fashioned opinions, appearance, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑fogy young fogy or young fogey noun A young person with (esp vociferously proffered) conservative or reactionary opinions… … Useful english dictionary
Young Fogey — The term Young Fogey was humorously applied, in British context, to some younger generation, rather buttoned down writers and journalists, such as Charles Moore and, for a while, A. N. Wilson. The term is attributed to Alan Watkins writing in… … Wikipedia
young fogey/fogy — n British a youngish person of self consciously traditional attitudes, manners and aes thetic ideals. Young fogey, by humorous analogy with the colloquial old fogey , characterised another social subgroup of the 1980s. Personified by the fastid… … Contemporary slang
fogey — fogey, fogy This occurs mainly in the expressions old (and now also young) fogey. Fogy was formerly the dominant spelling; Thackeray and Charles Kingsley, for example, wrote about old fogies, implying a singular form fogy. But with the more… … Modern English usage
young fogy — or young fogey (derogatory) A young person who adopts old fashioned opinions, appearance, etc • • • Main Entry: ↑fogy young fogy or young fogey noun A young person with (esp vociferously proffered) conservative or reactionary opinions • • • Main… … Useful english dictionary
young fogy — n British a youngish person of self consciously traditional attitudes, manners and aes thetic ideals. Young fogey, by humorous analogy with the colloquial old fogey , characterised another social subgroup of the 1980s. Personified by the fastid… … Contemporary slang
fogy — fogey, fogy This occurs mainly in the expressions old (and now also young) fogey. Fogy was formerly the dominant spelling; Thackeray and Charles Kingsley, for example, wrote about old fogies, implying a singular form fogy. But with the more… … Modern English usage
Ryan Tubridy — in Bray on his last day of presenting The Tubridy Show (2010). Born 28 May 1973 (1973 05 28) (age 38) … Wikipedia
Michael Bywater — (born 11 May 1953) is a British writer and broadcaster. Biography He was educated at Nottingham High School, an independent school. He was a long running columnist for The Independent on Sunday, an early futurist for The Observer, spent ten years … Wikipedia
Sloane Ranger — The term Sloane Ranger (plurals: Sloanes, Sloanies) refers to the young, upper class and upper middle class men and women living in South West London. The word play term combines Sloane Square , the fashionable and wealthy London area associated… … Wikipedia
The Spectator — For other uses see Spectator. The Spectator is a weekly British magazine first published on 6 July 1828. [Cite newspaper The Times|section=Advertisements|day of week=Sat|date=Jul 05 1828|page number=4|issue=13637|column=D] It is currently owned… … Wikipedia
