fuddy-duddy
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antediluvian, Colonel Blimp, dodo, fogy (also fogey), fossil, fud, mossback, reactionary, stick-in-the-mud, stuffed shirt
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Hocus-pocus, artsy-fartsy, and more fun-to-say compounds
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