noun
- plural of fuddy; people who are old-fashioned, conservative, or resistant to change
Usage: informal; often used in the phrase 'fuddy-duddies'
Examples
- The old fuddies on the board refused to adopt the new technology.
- My grandparents are such fuddies when it comes to social media.
- The fuddies in the club wanted to keep everything exactly as it had always been.
- She dismissed the critics as a bunch of fuddies stuck in the past.
- Not all fuddies are unwilling to learn; some just prefer the familiar.