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A fuddy-duddy, sometimes without the hyphen,〔hyphen http://ncsu.edu/sma/instructional-material/style-guide/styleguide/the-dash-vs-the-hyphen/〕 is a person who is fussy while old-fashioned, traditionalist, conformist, or conservative, sometimes almost to the point of eccentricity or geekiness. It is a slang term, mildly derogatory but sometimes affectionate too and can be used to describe someone with a zealous focus on order.〔Karen O'Connor (Fuddy-duddy ) Walkin' with God Ain't for Wimps: Spirit-Lifting Stories for the Young at Heart page 67-68〕 The terms fusspot, fusser, stick-in-the-mud, spoilsport, wet blanket, old fogy/fogey, stuffed shirt 〔-21258-8, 9780415212588 Edition reprint Publisher Taylor & Francis, 2006 ISBN 0-415-25937-1, ISBN 978-0-415-25937-8 Length 2189 pages, page 820〕 and fuddy-dud are synonyms of the term.〔Tom Dalzell (The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English )〕 ==Application== Ambrose Bierce's story ''Who Drives Oxen Should Himself be Sane'', published in 1918, starts out with a use of the phrase and discussion of it as a "unique adjuration".〔Ambrose Bierce (Can such things be? ) Publisher Boni & Liveright, 1918 Original from the University of California, Digitized Nov 6, 2008〕 Fuddy-duddy is used to indicate "stuffiness" and "outmoded tastes and manners".〔(The World Book dictionary ), Volume 1 By World Book, Inc page 860〕 The Rolls Royce car manufacturer was referred to as a fuddy-duddy brand in a 2004 ''Popular Science'' article.〔Stephany Wilkinson (Fuddy-Duddy Brand Spawns Luxury Rocket ) Man & Machine; Hard Fast Shiny Objects and Why We Love Them, July 2004 120 pages Vol. 265, No. 1 ISSN 0161-7370 Published by Bonnier Corporation, Popular Science page 26〕 It is also used in the title of juvenile fiction novels including Kay Hoflander's ''The Chautauqua Kids and the Fuddy Duddy Daddy: A Tale of Pancakes & Baseball'',〔The Chautauqua Kids and the Fuddy Duddy Daddy: A Tale of Pancakes & Baseball Kay Hoflander - Juvenile Fiction - 2007 - 64 pages〕 ''Uncle Fuddy-Duddy Rabbit Tales'' by Roy Windham and Polly Rushton.〔Uncle Fuddy-Duddy Rabbit Tales Roy Windham, Polly Rushton - Juvenile Fiction - 2004 - 24 pages〕 and ''Uncle Fuddy-Duddy Learns to Fly!''.〔Uncle Fuddy-Duddy Learns to Fly! Roy Windham, Polly Rushton - Juvenile Fiction - 2005 - 24 pages〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fuddy-duddy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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