plural fuds
informal
: an old-fashioned, unimaginative, or pompous person : fuddy-duddy
… he thinks the old man is a plodder—a fud who never had the nerve to go anywhere or do anything.—
Pauline Kael
Pauline Kael… a public figure whose private, one-on-one or small-group personality was … startlingly different from the fud that is projected on television.—Meg Greenfield
Meg GreenfieldShe greeted Pug with just enough deference to acknowledge that he was Warren's father, and just enough sparkle to hint that he was no old fud for all that, but an attractive man himself.—Herman Wouk
Herman Wouk
fear, uncertainty, doubt
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“Fud.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fud. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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