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
HettieHET-eeEnglish
Kristijonas-Lithuanian
Alannaə-LAN-əEnglish
Efthymia-Greek
Bryanne-English (Rare)
SakuSAH-kooFinnish