a stuffed shirt



a stuffed shirt

someone, especially a man, who behaves in a formal, old-fashioned way and thinks they are very important I knew he was a banker and expensively educated so I was expecting him to be a stuffed shirt.
See also: shirt, stuff

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Peninnahpi-NIN-ə (English), pee-NIN-ə (English)Biblical
Onyekachukwu-Western African, Igbo
Kwesi-Western African, Akan
Shahriyar-Persian
AnttoniAHNT-to-neeFinnish
AnastÁZie-Czech