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fuddy-duddy(dictionary)

fuddy-duddy (iou)



fuddy-duddy noun & adjective. slang. Also fuddydud. E20.
[Origin unkn.]
A. noun. An old-fashioned person; an ineffectual old fogy. E20.
Woman's Realm I work with fashionable young women,..so I don't want to appear an old fuddy-duddy.
b. adjective. Old-fashioned, ineffectual, stuffy. E20.
Q. Crisp We must chart a course between the fuddy-duddy strictures of yesterday and the hapless chaos of today.