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[josneywat]

square: [...] 7. Slang. A person who is regarded as dull, rigidly conventional, and out of touch with current trends.

[timphillips]

Hi Josneywat,

Minha sugestão

square . . . . BOF = boring old fart

Tim

[pondedaniel]

plus


narrow-minded

Geez..Carol's father is so narrow-minded

I'm just sick and tired of Paul, that guys is sooo narrow-minded

Take care,

Teacher Pondé

[josneywat]

Wonderful!

[Adriano Japan]

*Adding:

narrow minded : mente fechada


*Ex:
Unbelievable actually that someone who appears to be as intelligent as yourself would be so narrow minded as to think I walk around looking to pick a fight with anyone who would dare look their nose down on me. I am not that fragile. perhaps you are.

[StefanyILS]

Acho que poderia usar conservative, pra pessoas conservadoras
Exemplo: Bush is not merely a conservative, he is the conservative.

Espero ter ajudado

[jlmmelo]

Also:

Fogey NOUN [COUNTABLE] INFORMAL /ˈfoʊɡi/
a boring old-fashioned person

Old fogey NOUN
someone who has old-fashioned ideas, especially someone who is old
Macmillan

Examples:

1. Don't let the old fogey generation get you down. usatoday.com

2. They called Obama an old fogey and a luddite rather than acknowledge that this is something we should be thinking about. forbes.com

3. They see him as a fogey, a Europhile, an elitist. nytimes.com

4. For years, literary culture has been portrayed as gasping on life support, sustained only by old-fogey teachers and hidebound school curricula. time.com

5. He's been called the most influential voice in British politics, the Dalai Lama of satire, fogey, moralist, troublemaker, cynic. guardian.co.uk