"Tall guy problem" is a term used to describe a situation where, during a potentially confrontational or threatening moment, shorter individuals and women tend to avoid getting involved physically. This expectation arises from the assumption that taller guys are generally bigger and stronger, so they are often seen as the ones who should handle such situations. The term points out the stereotype of relying on height and physical strength to deal with conflicts.
Person A: "Did you see the argument at the club last night?"
Person B: "Yeah! Typical tall guy problem. Everyone left it to Tom, the tallest guy, to handle it."
Person A: "He handled it well, though."
Person B: "True, but being tall doesn't mean you're automatically the peacemaker."
A 6"0+ white male with a lean, athletic physique and a body count higher than 30, equipped with unbelievable levels of sex appeal towards females, who also suffers from debilitating mental illness. Though still able to procure attractive female partners, he is constantly in a state of internal anguish. Hence, he is a Sexy Guy with Problems (SGwP).
Jack: Dude, Dominic hasn't come out of his room in three days and he hasn't taken his medication for Bipolar 1 Rapid Cycle Disorder. But dude, last night he banged Kelsey, who is a straight dime piece and he pulls more pussy than anybody here. What's up with him?
Mick: Oh, you didn't know man? He's a Sexy Guy with Problems.
Jack: Ye.
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!
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)