fuddy-duddy

1. noun Someone who is old-fashioned or crotchety. Brenda's friends call her an old fuddy-duddy because she never stays out past 9 o'clock at night.

2. adjective Old-fashioned or crotchety. You look a little fuddy-duddy. You don't have to get so dressed up, we're just going to the movies.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fuddy-duddy

and fud (ˈfədidədi and fəd)

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.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See also:

fud
cat
beater
an old fogey/fogy
fogey
fogy
old fogey
old fogy
make old bones
high old time

References in periodicals archive

"She's also thrown pillows around to make it look more minimalist-chic and less fuddy-duddy. William was happy to go with the flow," the friend added.

Kate Middleton gives 'fuddy-duddy' Kensington Palace pad makeover

The danger of such objections is that one can sound fuddy-duddy. (Although, come to think of it, if I'm not going to sound fuddy-duddy at my age, when do I get to start?) And fuddy-duddies occasionally have their points to make and their functions to perform.

Attitudes

At the risk of sounding like an old fuddy-duddy (when I am a young-at-heart 63), in my day we knew how to laugh at school and out of school without being taught.

Letter: Yousay - Let them laugh

Perhaps just the old fuddy-duddy I'm becoming, but I suspect there are a lot of people like me out there in our prospect audiences.

How goes the electronic delivery revolution? Or, like the poor, will print always be with us?

So is that fuddy-duddy idea that schools should be named after civic heroes whom you'd want students to study and emulate.

Playing the naming-rights game

This interest in painting's objecthood and self-referentiality came to seem a bit fuddy-duddy by the early '80s, but in these paintings it is still alive and engaged in a very strange way.

Joe Zucker's fiber optics

I guess I am an old fuddy-duddy, but I am shocked at the decline of today's morals.

Precocious preteens

His wryly subversive 1997 feature-film bow, Love and Death on Long Island, featuring John Hurt as a fuddy-duddy magnificently obsessed with B-flick hottie Jason Priestley, had critics and audiences marking him as a major new filmmaker.

Taking a new gamble: Richard Kwietniowski returns after a long absence with Owning Mahowny, his obsession-drenched follow-up to Love and Death on Long Island. (film)

Just as Birmingham seems stuck in its industrial past, Osaka is stuck with an image of a slightly cranky, fuddy-duddy commercial past.

Digital Osaka: Japan's second city desperately needs an image makeover; entrepreneurs and visionaries are planning everything from technology clusters to waterways filled with fresh flowers to give Osaka a boost

-- Laura Cromwell says she has a "fuddy-duddy cousin" in Chicago who remains a holdout and still hasn't learned how to use a computer.

Never too old to learn. (around campus)

It's not just tabletop anymore, and it's sure not fuddy-duddy. The annual Ambiente tabletop show in Frankfurt, Germany, was a combination of the best classic tabletop houses and the top avant-garde designers in one convenient location.

A FAIR FOR THE DRAMATIC

"An old fuddy-duddy like me will keep using the agent I've used for 30 years," O'Hare said.

Internet Is Not Expected To Replace Agent Sales

Yet when the seventy-seven-year-old, who describes herself as "an old fuddy-duddy," scored a decisive victory in the elections this past December, it came as no surprise to the people of Guyana.

From Chicago to Guyana: Janet Rosenberg Jagan takes over as president

Maybe the Journal could help an old fuddy-duddy like me and print a list of outlets where one can partake of one's chosen tipple free of wet noses, dribbling jaws, and doggy hairs arriving as unordered garnish.

Call time on dogs in pubs; Letters

I DON'T want to be an old fuddy-duddy but you're only 12 and have years of falling in love and falling out of love ahead of you.

I have a crush on best pal's boy

词组	fuddy-duddy
释义	fuddy-duddy fuddy-duddy 1. noun Someone who is old-fashioned or crotchety. Brenda's friends call her an old fuddy-duddy because she never stays out past 9 o'clock at night. 2. adjective Old-fashioned or crotchety. You look a little fuddy-duddy. You don't have to get so dressed up, we're just going to the movies. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. fuddy-duddy and fud (ˈfədidədi and fəd) 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. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See also: fud cat beater an old fogey/fogy fogey fogy old fogey old fogy make old bones high old time References in periodicals archive "She's also thrown pillows around to make it look more minimalist-chic and less fuddy-duddy. William was happy to go with the flow," the friend added. Kate Middleton gives 'fuddy-duddy' Kensington Palace pad makeover The danger of such objections is that one can sound fuddy-duddy. (Although, come to think of it, if I'm not going to sound fuddy-duddy at my age, when do I get to start?) And fuddy-duddies occasionally have their points to make and their functions to perform. Attitudes At the risk of sounding like an old fuddy-duddy (when I am a young-at-heart 63), in my day we knew how to laugh at school and out of school without being taught. Letter: Yousay - Let them laugh Perhaps just the old fuddy-duddy I'm becoming, but I suspect there are a lot of people like me out there in our prospect audiences. How goes the electronic delivery revolution? Or, like the poor, will print always be with us? So is that fuddy-duddy idea that schools should be named after civic heroes whom you'd want students to study and emulate. Playing the naming-rights game This interest in painting's objecthood and self-referentiality came to seem a bit fuddy-duddy by the early '80s, but in these paintings it is still alive and engaged in a very strange way. Joe Zucker's fiber optics I guess I am an old fuddy-duddy, but I am shocked at the decline of today's morals. Precocious preteens His wryly subversive 1997 feature-film bow, Love and Death on Long Island, featuring John Hurt as a fuddy-duddy magnificently obsessed with B-flick hottie Jason Priestley, had critics and audiences marking him as a major new filmmaker. Taking a new gamble: Richard Kwietniowski returns after a long absence with Owning Mahowny, his obsession-drenched follow-up to Love and Death on Long Island. (film) Just as Birmingham seems stuck in its industrial past, Osaka is stuck with an image of a slightly cranky, fuddy-duddy commercial past. Digital Osaka: Japan's second city desperately needs an image makeover; entrepreneurs and visionaries are planning everything from technology clusters to waterways filled with fresh flowers to give Osaka a boost -- Laura Cromwell says she has a "fuddy-duddy cousin" in Chicago who remains a holdout and still hasn't learned how to use a computer. Never too old to learn. (around campus) It's not just tabletop anymore, and it's sure not fuddy-duddy. The annual Ambiente tabletop show in Frankfurt, Germany, was a combination of the best classic tabletop houses and the top avant-garde designers in one convenient location. A FAIR FOR THE DRAMATIC "An old fuddy-duddy like me will keep using the agent I've used for 30 years," O'Hare said. Internet Is Not Expected To Replace Agent Sales Yet when the seventy-seven-year-old, who describes herself as "an old fuddy-duddy," scored a decisive victory in the elections this past December, it came as no surprise to the people of Guyana. From Chicago to Guyana: Janet Rosenberg Jagan takes over as president Maybe the Journal could help an old fuddy-duddy like me and print a list of outlets where one can partake of one's chosen tipple free of wet noses, dribbling jaws, and doggy hairs arriving as unordered garnish. Call time on dogs in pubs; Letters I DON'T want to be an old fuddy-duddy but you're only 12 and have years of falling in love and falling out of love ahead of you. I have a crush on best pal's boy
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