Id | in_the_loop_686 |
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Idiom | STUFFED SHIRT |
Definition | a man who is tiresome, pompous and self-important |
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Cross-Refs | Compare to: old fuddy-duddy |
Extra Info | Describing someone as a stuffed shirt is clearly disparaging, whereas old fuddy-duddy describes someone who is a harmlessly and often humorously old-fashioned person. The expression stuffed shirt is always used to describe a man, never a woman. |
Category | People: descriptions of people (nouns) |
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