fussbudget

See also: fuss-budget

English

WOTD – 5 December 2015

Alternative forms

• fuss-budget

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʌsˌbʌd͡ʒɪt/

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Noun

fussbudget (plural fussbudgets)

1. (colloquial, derogatory, Canada, US) One who complains or fusses a great deal, especially about unimportant matters; a fusspot.

   Their three-year-old daughter can be quite a fussbudget, but she's cute.

   • 2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, quoting Russell Seitz, chapter 5, in Merchants of Doubt:

     The nation's 50 million smokers remain at liberty to vote en bloc for a fussbudget-free Congress. Are the polls ready to accommodate smokers?

Synonyms

• fussbutton
• fusspot

Translations

One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters

• Bulgarian: мрънкало (bg) n (mrǎnkalo)
• Danish: hidsigprop c
• French: tatillon (fr) m, tatillonne (fr) f, difficile (fr) m or f, anxieux (fr) m, anxieuse (fr) f
• German: Nörgler (de) m, Meckerer m, Meckerfritze m, Querulant (de) m, Meckerliese f
• Spanish: criticón (es) m, quisquilloso (es) m, tiquismiquis (es) m, mañoso (es) m, maniático (es) m, pejiguero (es)