A person, especially an older one, who has old-fashioned or conservative ideas and resists change and new ways of doing things.
Origin uncertain; possibly from 'old fogy' or 'old fug,' though some scholars suggest it may derive from the name 'Fogie' or from Scottish dialect. First appeared in English around the 1780s.
The term 'fogy' (or 'fogey') became popular during the Industrial Revolution when rapid change made old-timers seem impossibly outdated—it's a word born from generational conflict and technological disruption!
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