fussbudget

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fussbudget

  • /ˈfʌsˌbʌd͡ʒɪt/

noun fussbudgets · fuss-budget

  1. Canada, US, colloquial, derogatory 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.

    Similar: fussbutton, fusspot

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noun One who complains a great deal, especially about unimportant matters

Españolcriticón, quisquilloso, tiquismiquis, mañoso, maniático, pejiguero
Françaistatillon, tatillonne, difficile, anxieux, anxieuse
DeutschNörgler, Meckerer, Meckerfritze, Querulant, Meckerliese

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@misc{fussbudget_2026,
  title = {fussbudget},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fussbudget},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}