Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who lacks initiative, imagination, or enthusiasm.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An old fogy; a slow or insignificant person.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mildly insulting, idiomatic Alternative spelling of
stick in the mud .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who moves slowly
- adjective (used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
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Examples
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“I swear, Oliver, when did you become such a stick-in-the-mud?”
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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“I swear, Oliver, when did you become such a stick-in-the-mud?”
How to Woo a Reluctant Lady Deborah Gonzales 2011
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The truly sad thing is the reaction of all you stick-in-the-mud drones who think Governor Sanford has, somehow, done something wrong.
Sanford says he was in Argentina, not on Appalachian Trail 2009
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I realize I can't take him in for his interview quite yet, so I call and reschedule for later in the afternoon while I try to think of some way to cheer up this stick-in-the-mud of a wet blanket.
Greeting Cards From the World's Grumpiest Poet Con Chapman 2011
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Which just proves I can be a real stick-in-the-mud type of guy, I guess.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Corporations Are People, Mitt? Chris Weigant 2011
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Standout scene: Andrew's mother (Mary Steenburgen) and frisky, 90-year-old "Gammy Annie" (Betty White) drag stick-in-the-mud Margaret to a bar for a makeshift bachelorette party.
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She's a polarizing, non-transformational, stick-in-the-mud figure who has a history of making brash, knee-jerk decisions.
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Which just proves I can be a real stick-in-the-mud type of guy, I guess.
Chris Weigant: Friday Talking Points -- Corporations Are People, Mitt? Chris Weigant 2011
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That Mullen further stated he'd served with gays and lesbians since 1968 didn't move the intransigent stick-in-the-mud Republican dogma.
John McCain's No Longer a Hero: His Stance on Patriotic Gays is Shameful and Un-American 2010
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That Mullen further stated he'd served with gays and lesbians since 1968 didn't move the intransigent stick-in-the-mud Republican dogma.
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