Dictionary - Definition of FOGIE


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. An alternative spelling for "Fogy": A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Fogie" is a common misspelling or typo for: fogies.

Date "Fogie" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references)

Specialty Definition: FOGIE

Domain	Definition
Literature	1: Fogey. An old fogey. Properly an old military pensioner. This term is derived from the old pensioners of Edinburgh Castle, whose chief occupation was to fire the guns, or assist in quelling street riots. (Allied to fogat, phogot, voget, foged, fogde, etc.) 2: Fogie or ~~~Fogey. 3: "What has the world come to [said Thackeray] ... when two broken-nosed old fogies like you and me sit talking about love to each other." - Trollopc: W. M. Thackeray, chap. i.p. 61. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. An alternative spelling for "Fogy": A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"FOGIE" is a common misspelling or typo for: fogies.

Date "FOGIE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1898. (references)

Domain	Definition
Literature	1: Fogey. An old fogey. Properly an old military pensioner. This term is derived from the old pensioners of Edinburgh Castle, whose chief occupation was to fire the guns, or assist in quelling street riots. (Allied to fogat, phogot, voget, foged, fogde, etc.) 2: Fogie or ~~~Fogey. 3: "What has the world come to [said Thackeray] ... when two broken-nosed old fogies like you and me sit talking about love to each other." - Trollopc: W. M. Thackeray, chap. i.p. 61. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top