fud·dy-dud·dy
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Audio Help [fuhd-ee-duhd-ee, -duhd-ee] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -dud·dies, adjective –noun Also, fuddy.
–adjective
| 1. | a person who is stuffy, old-fashioned, and conservative. |
| 2. | a person who is fussy or picayune about details; fussbudget. |
| 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
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| fud·dy-dud·dy
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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.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| 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" |
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