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TB wrote:witchcraft wrote:Could you tell me why he had been called as fuddy-duddy?
fud·dy-dud·dy (fd-dd) n. pl. fud·dy-dud·dies 1.)An old-fashioned, fussy person. 2.)Harry Reid 3.) ;-) Ok, that was not nice. I'm sorry. Many consider Harry Reid to be a humorless, fussy old man. The Harry Reid photo that Fred posted could be the poster boy for what a fuddy-duddy looks like. To be fair, Reid was caught scowling. Here is a picture of him smiling. http://stopsocialism.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/senator-harry-reid.jpg
The lexicon "fuddy-duddy" is used only for the nounal form? As far as I know, there must likewise be a adjectival form to be applied, especially in colloquial conversations.
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TB wrote:witchcraft wrote: "...I better apply the term "a bookie" than the "bookmaker" for those reasons when I have an opportunity to say one of them?
Apply the term "bookie" if you are talking about someone who records gambling bets in a small book or booklet. A "book maker" actually works in a book factory making booklets and books. [quote] Uh~~~, according to my several dictionaries's definitions and what you mentioned in your post, the word "a bookmaker" should be a confusing word because it rides on the contexts to be interpreted in many respects, unlike the word "bookies."
Anyway, I'm gonna be mindful of it. Thanks for your tips.
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TB wrote:witchcraft wrote:What about bookmakers?
Literally, a "bookmaker" makes a book not to be confused with "make book" which is a gambling term describing what a "bookie" is doing when he accepts a bet on a race, game, or contest, as in No one's making book on the local team. This expression uses book in the sense of “a record of the bets made by different individuals.
So, I better apply the term "a bookie" than the "bookmaker" for those reasons when I have an opportunity to say one of them?
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I think no one can be perfect.
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And eventually, eventually, eventually, my grandpa had to be catheterized.
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What about bookmakers?
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Um, I had just had to be a bookworm.
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Could you tell me why he had been called as fuddy-duddy?
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fred wrote:I have been called a Fuddy Dud. 
Who is this guy, by the way?
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TYSON wrote:prolixitysquared wrote:
When is it fish and when do you use fishes?
There is a thread somewhere else on here, possibly two of them, about the fish situation.
Hi prolixitysquared.
Fishes is used (or should that be ARE used) when one talks about multiple species of fish.
"The wonders of the mammals, plants and fishes".[/quote]
What about species in the planet Balcan where Mr. Spock in the Star treck is from? Can they be all plurals?
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