Stogie or stogie ( also stogy or stogey ) means a small cheap cigar --
He always has an unlit stogie stuck in his mouth.
Where did you get that nasty stogie? Here, try a good cigar.
Stodgy or stodgy means old-fashioned, dull, or stuck-in-the-mud --
The stodgy old man seemed annoyed at the presence of the young people.
He's stodgy and set in his ways; he'd never go for anything new.
Now that you know that, you can say --
"Her uncle seemed stodgy at first, but he always asks if I'd like a stogie."
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