Jan 6, 2018 · The old, experienced fuddy-duddy goes to the wall ; the energetic hustler gets the business, and his very impetus pays the bills of his errors of judgment. The earliest Elephind match …

May 23, 2015 · The only other noun I can think of is a 'diehard' (variant spellings). First used in war in the mid C19th, then to describe Conservative politicians clinging to British imperial power in the …

May 22, 2017 · Would you say someone who prefers a manual pencil-sharpener is a fuddy-duddy? It is probably too strong for that situation.

The word pussy is often used to mean "coward". This guy is a pussy. and I am wondering why. How are woman's genitals related to being a "coward"?

Should I use on or upon in the following sentence? I remembered the story years later when I investigated the incident it was based on.

May 20, 2018 · Is there an English word to describe a group of refrain words composed of two syllables e.g. pera-pera, meaning fluently, iki-iki meaning vividly? (6 answers)

Jun 27, 2021 · "Svära i kyrkan" literally means to swear in church, and to my understanding the figurative meaning is when someone says or does something that questions/defies a social norm …

Dec 28, 2020 · But derogatory facile = trivially simple is now so well established I think it would be better to avoid the older usage unless you know your audience is at least slightly on the "fuddy-duddy" side.

May 16, 2016 · The use of 'program' in UK may well be technically incorrect but it's useful to check on how other British writers feel about insisting on the 'amme' ending. One day I will probably feel too …

Jul 13, 2021 · In the negative sense, a fuddy-duddy, fogy, or mossback is someone, perhaps an older someone, with a dislike for recent developments in fashion, technology, or culture (and by implication …