1
as in complainer
a person who makes frequent complaints usually about little things
sat next to an insufferable fusser, who whined during the entire bus trip
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as in crab
an irritable and complaining person
a natural fusser who has never had a glimmer of gratitude for anything done for him
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Noun
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Still a power-lunch favorite, the menu is California classic with tuna tartare, crab cakes and cobb salad.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025 -
With the crab, which is super buttery and rich with that nice, salty caviar on top.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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He was detained on the Greek island of Skiathos on Friday afternoon, just days after the bodies of the baby girl and the woman believed to be her mother were found in Villa Pamphili, one of the busiest parks in the Italian capital.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
14 June 2025
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If the bill passes, these savings accounts will be funded by the federal government and will provide each baby born between January 1, 2025, and December 31, 2028, with $1,000.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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There’s a reason even a program as steeped in tradition as Cretin-Derham Hall hasn’t made it to state since 2007 — the section tournament is a bear.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
15 June 2025
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But the experience of being there and watching productions of that sort feels a bit like being led into a highbrow bear trap.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
13 June 2025
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But Schulz soon began fleshing out his cast with more eccentric, more specific, more driven characters: Schroeder, piano prodigy and Beethoven superfan; Lucy, vain fussbudget and perpetually aggrieved scold; Linus, thumb-sucking philosopher.—
Bruce Handy,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2019
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The progressive mayor of New York wanted a mega financial institution to anchor his preferred business district, and no preservationist fussbudgets were going to get in the way.—
Justin Davidson,
Daily Intelligencer,
22 Feb. 2018
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But that changed with Trump's election to a situation where politics is much more about celebrity than credibility and cranks from the margins of political ideas are now lauded front and centre.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
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Design details were inspired by Ferrari engine blocks and crank cases.—
Carol Besler,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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“Fusser.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fusser. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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