on parole
(adj) Out of prison before the end of the sentence, but still required to report regularly to the authorities.
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on parole
In reference to a married or co-habitating couple, on parole refers to when one's spouse or partner is out of town, leaving the other person to temporarily live a pseudo-single life style, wasting time and money in an orgy of short-lived freedom. Often characterized by the person hanging out with his or her single friends, that have probably not been contacted in a long time. Also refered to as a jail break.
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)