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 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)

Jan 14, 2011 · Why is Robert called Bob and John called Jack sometimes? What is the history of or reason for this practice in changing the English names of people?

Sep 3, 2022 · I might be a bit of an old fuddy-duddy, but like there sounds a bit "common" (uneducated) to me. Dunno if that specific usage has ever been raised on ELU/ELL though.

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 …

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 …

Nov 5, 2024 · Because a point is a metaphoric spatial reference to "a point in time", we're far more likely to reflect that with spatial where rather than temporal when. But the less common form certainly …

Sep 1, 2011 · Which of real time, real-time and realtime is correct when you are talking about seeing something as it happens?

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 …