neatnik

as in old maid

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Recent Examples of neatnik Newgarden is a neatnik, an organizer, someone who wonders aloud about his OCD tendencies. Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 24 May 2018
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old maid
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  • Many of Another Period’s best gags come out of its suffragette story line, led by old maid and eldest Bellacourt sister Hortense and her Newport Association of Gal Spinsters, or NAGS.
    Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
  • My dad was divorced, and my mom was an old maid by Belarusian standards.
    Diana Ruzova, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2025

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“Neatnik.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neatnik. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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