Common colloquialism in rural western United States. Means "mhmm, bye" "um, bye" "ok, bye," "goodbye" or simply "bye." The "M" sound is used as a space filler and there is no pause between The "M" and "bye" sounds. Normally used as a polite, informal way to end a phone conversation, but is occassionally used in-person, as well.
Caller "How late are you open today?"
Receptionist "We're open until six."
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)