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stuffy
A derogatory description for someone or something perceived as narrow-minded, overly conventional, and concerned with middle-class order and respectability. The behavior or taste is seen as petty-bourgeois and unimaginative.
Er findet es total spießig, dass seine Nachbarn sich über ungemähten Rasen aufregen.
He thinks it's totally stuffy that his neighbors get upset about unmowed lawns.
The adjective 'spießig' (stuffy) belongs to the word family of 'der Spießer' or 'der Spießbürger' (a stuffy bourgeois person). This is a derogatory term for a narrow-minded, overly conformist person.
Er gilt in seinem Freundeskreis als totaler Spießer.
Among his friends, he is considered a total square.
'Spießig' (stuffy) is always a negative judgment and is used colloquially. It expresses that you reject a behavior, taste, or opinion as unimaginative and overly conventional.
Ihre Wohnung ist sehr ordentlich, aber irgendwie auch ein bisschen spießig eingerichtet.
Her apartment is very tidy, but somehow also decorated in a slightly stuffy way.
You can describe people, things, or behaviors as 'spießig' (stuffy). A very common construction is also 'etwas spießig finden' (to find something stuffy) to express your personal opinion.
Ich finde es spießig, jeden Samstag das Auto zu waschen.
I think it's stuffy to wash the car every Saturday.
uncool
Both words describe a person or something as not very modern, relaxed, or attractive. „Uncool“ is the more general colloquial criticism, while „spießig“ also implies conventional conformity, narrow-mindedness, and an excessive concern with order. Use „uncool“ for a lack of laid-back style and „spießig“ for this particular attitude.
Seine Forderung nach festen Regeln für jede Kleinigkeit wirkt auf die Jugendlichen spießig.
His demand for fixed rules for every little thing seems stuffy to the teenagers.
Seine alten Turnschuhe findet er heute uncool und trägt deshalb neue.
He thinks his old sneakers are uncool now, so he wears new ones.
