英语词汇old fuddy-duddy的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

old fuddy-duddy. A stuffy, fussy, old-fashioned person, ei- ther old or young, who often fusses over minor details. The ex- pression was first recorded in 1904 and was mainly confined to Maine and other parts of New England, but is now heard na- tionally. The term’s origin is not certain, but some suggest that it derives from the English dialect word fud for buttocks, old fuddy-duddy (duddy added for rhyme) referring to someone who sits around on his duff doing very little, fussing with de- tails, etc.

词汇	old fuddy-duddy
词源	old fuddy-duddy. A stuffy, fussy, old-fashioned person, ei- ther old or young, who often fusses over minor details. The ex- pression was first recorded in 1904 and was mainly confined to Maine and other parts of New England, but is now heard na- tionally. The term’s origin is not certain, but some suggest that it derives from the English dialect word fud for buttocks, old fuddy-duddy (duddy added for rhyme) referring to someone who sits around on his duff doing very little, fussing with de- tails, etc.
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