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Where does “fud” come from?

fud (English) comes from English fuddy-duddy — An old-fashioned, persnickety or ineffective...

fud (English): Alternative form of fuddy-duddy; Alternative...

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of fuddy-duddy; Alternative...

Ancestry of “fud”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishfuddy-duddyAn old-fashioned, persnickety or ineffective...
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