Miss Fidditch

English Etymology Introduced by Martin Joos in The Five Clocks (1967). Noun Miss Fidditch en derogatory A pedantic, prescriptivist language teacher. en 1980 Grover Hudson Linguistics and the University Education 35 When one considers such a resolution coming from the collective Miss Fidditches of the English profession, one's first reaction is likely to be, You've come a long way, Baby. en eponyms