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

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 …

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)

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 …

Jun 17, 2019 · Hello, Jessica. I know we're all still learning English (and if we're silly enough to think we're almost there, it goes and changes), but our sister site, ELL, is perhaps more suitable for those …

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.

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 …