FUDDY-DUDDY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fuddy-duddy mean? 

• FUDDY-DUDDY (noun)
  The noun FUDDY-DUDDY has 1 sense:

1. a conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or appearance

  Familiarity information: FUDDY-DUDDY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FUDDY-DUDDY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A conservative who is old-fashioned or dull in attitude or appearance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

you may accuse me of being and old fuddy-duddy trying to stop young people having fun

Hypernyms ("fuddy-duddy" is a kind of...):

conservative; conservativist (a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)