Fuddy-duddyism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Attitudes and behaviors characteristic of a fuddy-duddy; a tendency toward overly conservative persnicketiness. uncountable

    "Don't be fooled by the old wives' tale that creeping fuddy-duddyism has something to do with hardening of the arteries."

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"Don't be fooled by the old wives' tale that creeping fuddy-duddyism has something to do with hardening of the arteries."

Etymology

From fuddy-duddy + -ism.

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