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Published 29 Jul, 2017 07:08am

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Stick-in-the-mud

Noun (informal)

Definition: A person who is dull and unadventurous and who resists change.

Examples: “They see many of their colleagues as stick-in-the-muds and sentimental Neanderthals.”

“But it’s the stick-in-the-muds who become increasingly irritated and bewildered about everything around them.”

“Even my Grandma thinks I’m a weirdo stick-in-the-mud.”

“And then there are the old stick-in-the-muds who come up with the most interesting objections to having their course info online.”

“Even now, you shouldn’t be a stick-in-the-mud.”

“I don’t want to become an old stick-in-the-mud.”

Published in Dawn, Young World July 29th, 2017

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