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stick-in-the-mud

  [stik-in-thuh-muhd]
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–noun
someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.
Origin:
1725–35
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stick-in-the-mud   (stĭk'ĭn-thə-mŭd')
n.   pl. stick-in-the-muds Informal
One who lacks initiative, imagination, or enthusiasm.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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stick-in-the-mud  (n.)
1733, from stick (v.) on notion of "to stick in the mud, to be content to remain in an abject condition."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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