stuffed shirts

Definition of stuffed shirtsnext
plural of stuffed shirt
as in conservatives
a person with old-fashioned ideas the stuffed shirts in this organization don't seem to realize that without new blood our extinction is inevitable

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Noun
  • The show is presented as a response to the official Apple Music Super Bowl halftime show headlined by Bad Bunny as the choice of the Puerto Rican mega-star drew backlash from conservatives.
    James Powel, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Peter Thiel, founder of data analytics company Palantir and one of Silicon Valley’s most influential conservatives and investors, scheduled multiple meetings and meals with Epstein between 2014 and 2017, according to the documents.
    Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The coming-of-age boxing drama opened to strong box office results in Taiwan in January and stars Golden Horse best new performer nominee Lin Yi-ting alongside veterans Tsai Chen-nan and You An-shun.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Kudrna plans to continue working with the veterans in camp this spring.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 14 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The new research focused on three Prototaxites fossils unearthed in the Rhynie chert, a prehistoric land ecosystem near Aberdeen, Scotland.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Among the city’s oldest institutions and one of the largest natural history museums in the American West, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County is the place to see fantastical fossils and skeletons.
    Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Stuffed shirts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stuffed%20shirts. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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