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fuddyduddy

fuddyduddy is the alternative form of fuddy-duddy.

Meaning of fuddy-duddy

Noun

fuddy-duddy (plural fuddy-duddies)

  1. (US, informal) An old-fashioned, persnickety or ineffective person.
    • My grandma is a fuddy-duddy when it comes to keeping her house clean.

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Forms of fuddyduddy

pluralfuddyduddies

Questions about fuddyduddy

What is fuddyduddy the alternative form of?
Fuddyduddy is the alternative form of fuddy-duddy.

Words near fuddyduddy in the dictionary

  1. fuddy-duddiest
  2. fuddy-duddily
  3. fuddy-duddy
  4. fuddy-duddyism
  5. fuddyduddies
  6. fuddyduddy
  7. fude pen
  8. fude pens
  9. fude-pen
  10. fude-pens
  11. Fudenberg

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