fuddy-duddies

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• fuddy duddies — fud·dy dud·dy || fÊŒdɪ‚dÊŒdɪ person (usually elderly) with old fashioned manners and ideas …   English contemporary dictionary

• 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 — [[t]fʌ̱di dʌdi[/t]] fuddy duddies N COUNT (disapproval) If you describe someone as a fuddy duddy, you are criticizing or making fun of them because they are old fashioned in their appearance or attitudes. [OLD FASHIONED] He didn t want all those… …   English dictionary

• fuddy-duddy — /ˈfʌdi dʌdi / (say fudee dudee) noun (plural fuddy duddies) a fussy, stuffy, or old fashioned person: *They were real fuddy duddies and didn t like her talkin to anyone. –sally morgan, 1987 …  

• 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 — UK [ˈfʌdɪˌdʌdɪ] / US noun [countable] Word forms fuddy duddy : singular fuddy duddy plural fuddy duddies informal someone who has old fashioned attitudes and is rather boring …   English dictionary

• fuddy-duddy — /fud ee dud ee, dud ee/, n., pl. fuddy duddies, adj. n. Also, fuddy. 1. a person who is stuffy, old fashioned, and conservative. 2. a person who is fussy or picayune about details; fussbudget. adj. 3. stuffy, old fashioned, and conservative. 4.… …   Universalium

• fuddy-duddy — noun (plural fuddy duddies) informal a person who is very old fashioned and pompous. Origin early 20th cent. (orig. dialect): of unknown origin …   English new terms dictionary

• fuddy-duddy — AND fud [“fadidadi AND fad] n. a stuffy person; an old fashioned person, especially a male. □ Pay no attention to him. He’s just an old fud. □ There seems to be a convention of fuddy duddies in the park today …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions