fuddy-duddy
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And not to be a fuddy-duddy, but I can think of many better uses, including using that desire to connect with people to motivate charity work, political organizing, or just throwing a dinner party.
From Salon • Jan. 19, 2025
Showing the BBC around his former stomping ground, Harold's Café, he expressed confidence his cardigan-wearing "fuddy-duddy" character would live on.
From BBC • Jul. 28, 2022
“She’s always very smartly turned out but appropriate for her age. Not so fuddy-duddy as she used to be.’
From Seattle Times • Jul. 16, 2022
Carrie is now the “cisgender woman” on a podcast whose younger co-hosts make her feel like a fuddy-duddy.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2021
And now he was like the others in the party—an amiable fuddy-duddy.
From Gargoyles by Hecht, Ben
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