old fuddy-duddy

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• fuddy-duddy — fud|dy dud|dy [ˈfʌdi ˌdʌdi] n plural fuddy duddies [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: Perhaps from fussy + dad or dud] someone who has old fashioned ideas and attitudes ▪ You re such an old fuddy duddy ! >fuddy duddy adj …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• fuddy-duddy — noun (C) someone who has old fashioned ideas and attitudes: You re such an old fuddy duddy. Most women wear trousers these days! fuddy duddy adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• fuddy-duddy — {n.} A person whose ideas and habits are old fashioned. * /His students think Professor Jones is an old fuddy duddy./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• fuddy-duddy — {n.} A person whose ideas and habits are old fashioned. * /His students think Professor Jones is an old fuddy duddy./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

• fuddy-duddy — noun A person whose ideas and habits are old fashioned. His students think Professor Jones is an old fuddy duddy …   Словарь американских идиом

• fuddy-duddy —    Used in both Britain and the USA to refer to a stick in the mud, an old fogy. The origin of the expression is not known. In The Groves of Academe, by Mary McCarthy, an American wife calls her husband ‘you old fuddy duddy’ in a teasing way …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• fuddy-duddy — [n] fussy person fussbudget, fusspot*, old fogy*, old geezer*, old poop*, square*, stick in the mud*, stuffed shirt*; concept 423 …   New thesaurus

• fuddy-duddy — ► NOUN (pl. fuddy duddies) informal ▪ a person who is very old fashioned and pompous. ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

• fuddy-duddy — [fud′ē dud΄ē] n. pl. fuddy duddies [redupl., prob. based on dial. fud, buttocks] Informal 1. a fussy, critical person 2. an old fashioned person …   English World dictionary

• fuddy-duddy — old fashioned person, 1871, Amer.Eng., of uncertain origin …   Etymology dictionary

• (a) fuddy-duddy — informal someone who has old fashioned ideas and dresses in an old fashioned way. You don t want to take any notice of her, she s just a pompous old fuddy duddy! …   New idioms dictionary