WHEN A PERSON THINKS THAT THEY ARE FUNNY BUT IN REALITY THEY ARE JUST TRYING TO GET PEOPLES ATTENTION,BECAUSE THEY WANT THE ATTENTION THEIR PARENTSNEVER GAVE THEM IN THEIR CHILDHOOD!
Describes a person in a group who doesn't necessarily fit in, and is willing to do menial or stupid tasks so they can hang out with "the coolerkids". A common usage refers to a young person (sibling) in the group.
"Hey Gooby Boy, get me another beer... and find me the some fresh batteries for the Xbox controller", said Joe to his younger brother who would do anything just to hang out with his brother's cool friends.
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. PenguinBooks,1992. p. 38)