Duddy

Maybe I am an old fuddy duddy but there is something pleasing about opening a bottle that has a real cork. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So the image of the bespectacled fuddy-duddy in his dusty library is a straw man: I would hazard that print publishing experts are actually on the cutting edge of new media. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I am no fuddy duddy but I am embarrassed by my wife's behavior. ❋ Barbara Greenberg (2012)

I'll be the first to admit I'm the originally fuddy-duddy, but there's something about this anime-style, Facebook approach to the periodic table that's remarkably engaging. ❋ Unknown (2009)

He probably considers me an old fuddy duddy because I have my basic TMobile plan from 7 years ago (19.95) and 60 minutes free per month. ❋ Unknown (2009)

London and Paris perhaps - fuddy duddy DC, um not so much. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Chrysler, in an apparent attempt to shed its fuddy-duddy image after all, they boast about being the originator and ruler of the minivan world, for a buddy-buddy one, tried desperately to show the world they were hip during an overly scripted press conference. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The GOP will go back to the old plan and nominate someone who is relatively sane, but not too much of a fuddy-duddy or a novice. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Meanwhile, Vogue dresses Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in pretty clothes and claims that she could never, ever wear such things in "fuddy-duddy" D.C. Our critic Robin Givhan calls out Vogue (and maybe Gillibrand?), saying there's "nothing career-damaging, gossip-worthy or problematic" by D.C. standards in the senator's fashion-spread clothes, and in fact, plenty of women here dress like that, so get over yourself, New Yorkers. ❋ The Reliable Source (2010)

Have I become such a fuddy duddy post mid-life crisis? ❋ Abe Gurko (2011)

“Negro dialect” is a fuddy-duddy term for what some have called Ebonics, Black English, and other things, and it is a real linguistic phenomenon. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They set the example. 5 years, another example of fuddy duddy liberal judges. ❋ Unknown (2010)

It wasn't long ago that municipal bonds epitomized the fuddy-duddy end of the investing spectrum. ❋ Unknown (2010)

During that session, the most sensational thing to happen was Shatner's response when one fuddy-duddy critic, who assumed a 79-year-old actor would have "old-fashioned sensibilities," asked him, "With your old-fashioned sensibilities, wouldn't you love for them to change the title" of the show? ❋ Unknown (2010)

During that session, the most sensational thing to happen was Shatner's response when one fuddy-duddy critic, who assumed a 79-year-old actor would have "old-fashioned sensibilities," asked him: "With your old-fashioned sensibilities, wouldn't you love for them to change the title" of the show? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Of course, individual solutions aren't necessarily doing that well these days with the Great Recession and all, but, hey, you can't blame some fuddy duddy from the '50s for not getting all the fine points correct. ❋ Unknown (2010)

If you haven't already, you are likely to hear the pitch soon: Whole-life insurance — the fuddy-duddy stuff your grandparents owned — was a shining star during the financial crisis. ❋ Leslie Scism (2010)