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fuddy duddy

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fud⋅dy-dud⋅dy

  [fuhd-ee-duhd-ee, -duhd-ee] noun, plural -dud⋅dies, adjective
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–noun Also, fuddy.
1. a person who is stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative.
2. a person who is fussy or picayune about details; fussbudget.
–adjective
3. stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative.
4. fussy; picayune.
Origin:
1900–05; of obscure orig.; cf. dial. (Cumberland) duddy-fuddiel a ragged fellow
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fuddy-duddy [ˈfədidədi] and [fəd]

and fud
  1. n.
    a stuffy person; an old-fashioned person, especially a male. : There seems to be a convention of fuddy-duddies in the park today. , I woke up some old fud sleeping on a park bench. He was mad.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

fuddy-duddy 
"old-fashioned person," 1904, Amer.Eng., of uncertain origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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