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A fogey is someone who likes the old ways and does not want things to change. People most often say an old fogey, with a half-smile, or sometimes with real . It is informal, a little teasing, and it can hurt if you say it to someone's face. You can be young and still be called a fogey if your tastes are very old-fashioned. You will also see the spelling fogy; both are used. Though actually, the word was borrowed from , and it may come from a word for moss — so “mossy” came to mean “old”. It is probably not the same story as English fog meaning thick mist, even though the letters look alike.
老古板（常說 old fogey；帶點取笑或抱怨）
組成Borrowed from Scots foggie / fogie. It may be from Scots fog (“moss”) + -y, hence “old”. Scholars are not sure of the next step back.
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
fogeynoun/ˈfoʊɡi/
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A dull person (especially an old man) who is behind the times, holding antiquated, over-conservative views.
- [T]he old fogies, as you call them, at Bays’s, are some of the first gentlemen in England, of whom you youngsters had best learn a little manners, and a little breeding, and a little modesty.
- We attribute the use of the word Fogey, by so accomplished a scholar as Mr. Beecher, to the influence of Hoosierism, acquired during a long residence in Indiana—and as used by him, applied to human beings, “old Fogeys” in a serious discourse, meaning by inference, a class of independent old gentlemen, who understand matters and things—are peculiarly prejudiced in their own forms and uses; and who adhere to the old paths of conformity to established customs.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。