🔤 Youngfogey ✨

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apni umar se zyada purane khayal ya rewayati andaaz rakhne wala naujawan

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📚noun

youngfogey

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DEFINITION

a young person who is excessively conservative, traditionalistic, or old-fashioned in dress, attitude, or habits

EXAMPLE SENTENCES

His fondness for vintage tweed suits, classic pocket watches, and traditional manners earned him a reputation as a youngfogey. Though only in his mid twenties, the youngfogey preferred listening to classical gramophone records over modern pop music. The youngfogey openly criticized fast-paced modern trends in favor of traditional dining etiquette and formal lifestyle habits. Colleagues gently teased him for acting like a youngfogey because he preferred writing letters by hand instead of sending emails. Despite his young age, the youngfogey felt entirely comfortable surrounded by antique furniture and traditional architecture.

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traditionalist conservative old liner square formalist

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progressive modernist radical trendy