fuddle-duddle
American
[fuhd-l-duhd-l]
/ ˈfʌd lˈdʌd l /
verb (used without object)
Canadian.
fuddle-duddled,
fuddle-duddling
Etymology
Origin of fuddle-duddle
First recorded in 1970–75; used by Pierre Trudeau ( def. ) in his defense against accusations of muttering obscenities in Parliament by claiming that he had actually muttered a harmless phrase that possibly was fuddle-duddle; apparently extension of fuddle, after fuddy-duddy, though sense is unaccounted for
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