FUDDY-DUDDY


Meaning of FUDDY-DUDDY in English

(fuddy-duddies)

If you describe someone as a ~, you are criticizing or making fun of them because they are old-fashioned in their appearance or attitudes. (OLD-FASHIONED)

He didn’t want all those old fuddy-duddies around.

N-COUNT disapproval

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