Temperly
A convenient shortening of "temporarily" cutting off two syllables allowing for a much more efficient flow of information. Originating in Ireland.
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Kav Temperley
The lyricist, bassist and front man of the Western Australian band eskimo joe. His name, which he chose himself when he was 7 years old means 'poet of truth'.
Kav Temperley by Superduper291 January 31, 2009
fogey
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)