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fud·dy-dud·dy

Audio Help [fuhd-ee-duhd-ee, -duhd-ee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -dud·dies, adjective

–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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fud·dy-dud·dy Audio Help (fŭd'ē-dŭd'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. fud·dy-dud·dies
An old-fashioned, fussy person.

[Origin unknown.]

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fuddy-duddy

"old-fashioned person," 1904, Amer.Eng., of uncertain origin.

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fuddy-duddy
noun
a conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or appearance; "you may accuse me of being and old fuddy-duddy trying to stop young people having fun"