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#134205 10/18/2004 10:54 PM
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So that's where we get "old foggy" from!!



#134206 10/18/2004 10:59 PM
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heh. not to be one, but I would spell it fogey.



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#134207 10/19/2004 2:20 AM
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fogy also fogey \fo-ge\ noun pl fogies also fogeys [origin unknown] (1780)
: a person with old-fashioned ideas usu. used with old
fogyish \-ge-ish\ adjective
fogyism \-ge-i-zem\ noun


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#134208 10/19/2004 6:51 PM
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heh. not to be one, but I would spell it fogey. thanks etaoin
Oops Put it down to being the end of a very busy day - I guess it was me who was foggy


#134209 10/21/2004 1:52 PM
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Without those brain-foggy days, we'd barely appreciate our brain-clear-skies ones.



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