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

Richard Martin says: "It was the 60s, the government wanted to be modern and thrusting, it wanted to get rid of old fuddy-duddy stuff."

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2023

She designed the spirit to pique curiosity of younger drinkers who think of genever as too fuddy-duddy, she told me.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021

Spend a bit of time with any progressive teenager, and regardless of your trailblazing bona fides, you might quickly be reduced to a conservative fuddy-duddy.

From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021

Peacock But, I don't propose to marry my daughter to some old fuddy-duddy.

From La Tontine by Le Sage, Alain René