Fuzzi

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the fictional character “Fuzzy Q. Jones”, a bumbling cowboy and comical sidekick, a role played by Al St. John across many movies in the 1930s and 1940s. The character was named after actor John Forrest “Fuzzy” Knight (who played similar roles), from English fuzzy, a nickname given for his soft voice. Unusually, the pronunciation itself is not borrowed and instead re-derived by spelling pronunciation in German.

Compare English guy, as in e.g. "IT guy", especially for the dual sense of dismissal and specialization.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfʊt͡si/
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Noun

Fuzzi m (strong, genitive Fuzzis, plural Fuzzis)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) (some) guy, blowhard (dismissing someone despite claimed professionality or importance)
    Synonym: Typ
    • 1974, Udo Lindenberg, “Cowboy Rocker”, in Ball Pompös:
      Das einzig Starke an dir ist deine Moto Guzzi / Aber sonst bist du ja so 'n Fuzzy!
      The only powerful thing about you is your Moto Guzzi / But other than that, you're such a blowhard!
  2. (colloquial, slightly derogatory) a generic, often low-level worker (especially in field work or customer-facing roles)
    • 2004 August 22, Senta Krasser, “Hühnersuppe für den Toyboy”, in Tagesspiegel‎, archived from the original on 30 April 2025:
      Was folgte, war die 1A-Erfüllung des amerikanischen Traums: Tellerwäscher. Fabrikarbeiter. Werbe-Fuzzi für Pizza Hut. Jeans-Modell. Schauspieler. Regisseur. Produzent. Millionär.
      What followed was the spitting image of the American Dream: Dishwasher. Factory worker. Ad guy for Pizza Hut. Jeans model. Actor. Producer. Millionaire.
    • 2017 April 25, Martin Thoma, “Zeitlos hässlich”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎, →ISSN:
      Außerdem ist es ein bisschen obszön und spekuliert auf Empörung: Die kleinen Leute ham kein Geld und die Mode-Fuzzis geben 2.000 Euro für einen Ikea-Beutel aus!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (colloquial, only in compounds) specialist, geek, guy (especially as a self-descriptor)
    • 2014 November 12, GuidoHS, “irfanview und windows 8.1”, in pentaxians.de‎, archived from the original on 15 April 2015:
      Ich bin jetzt nicht der große Technik-Fuzzi, aber ich hatte auch ein paar Probleme...
      Now I'm not that much of a tech guy, but I also had a couple of problems...

Usage notes

  • Since Fuzzi is often used for a generic on-scene representative of some business, department or interest group, ad-hoc compounds with names or descriptors of such groups are common.

Declension

Declension of Fuzzi
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Fuzzi die Fuzzis
genitive eines des Fuzzis der Fuzzis
dative einem dem Fuzzi den Fuzzis
accusative einen den Fuzzi die Fuzzis

References

  • “Fuzzi” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Fuzzi” in Duden online

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