Miss Fidditch

English

Etymology

Introduced by Martin Joos in The Five Clocks (1967).

Noun

Miss Fidditch (plural Miss Fidditches)

  1. (derogatory) A pedantic, prescriptivist language teacher.
    • 1980, Grover Hudson, Linguistics and the University Education, page 35:
      When one considers such a resolution coming from the collective Miss Fidditches of the English profession, one's first reaction is likely to be, You've come a long way, Baby.
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