English

Noun

fuddy-duddery ‎(uncountable)

1. An action or view associated with a fuddy-duddy.

   The ban on splitting infinitives is fuddy-duddery, pure and simple.

   • 1936, “The Man of the Month: Samuel Eliot Morison”, in The Atlantic, volume 158, page 384:

     Now nothing would have been easier than to let all this sag into a compendium of antiquarian fuddy-duddery. Instead, the dry bones stir into flesh-and-blood issues vital to our time.

   • 1958, N. K. Easton, “Appreciation”, in The Accountant, volume 138, page 135:

     Thank you and congratulations for your invigorating articles on decimal coinage and the reform of our national accounts (January 18th issue) - two notable blows in the fight against fuddy-duddery!

   • 1973, Fergus Macpherson, One Finger, page 175:

     "Do you believe in this outmoded piece of fuddy-duddery called monogamy, eh? Or would you agree that some men should have more than one wife?"