fuddy-duddy
noun
a person who is stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative.
fuddy-duddies
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pluralof fuddy-duddy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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We tend to think of people from long ago as credulous, unsophisticated fuddy-duddies.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2021
If those sessions were going on with a bunch of fuddy-duddies they wouldn’t be getting such good results.”
From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2016
For self-consciously “edgy” believers, there’s Bad Christian, in which a pastor and two musicians razz each other and blast the fuddy-duddies who don’t get it.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2014
Even more startling, some of the fuddy-duddies in traditional media turn out to have a bigger millennial audience than Vice — including, uh, The New York Times, Mr. McDermott said..
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2014
He talks William the Conqueror and all those old fuddy-duddies by the yard, but he can't make me see the use of them, and you can't.
From Three Margarets by Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze) Barry
