mouldy figmoldy fign.adj.

Brit.

/ˌməʊldɪ ˈfɪɡ/, U.S.

/ˌmoʊldi ˈfɪɡ/

Forms: 1900s– moldy fig (North American), 1900s– mouldy fig, 1900s– mouldy figge.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mouldy adj.¹, fig n.¹

Etymology: < mouldy adj.¹ + fig n.¹, apparently originally used as a humorous pen-name (see quots. 1945¹ at sense 1).

U.S. colloquial.

1. Jazz. A supporter or performer of traditional jazz as opposed to bebop. Also as adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > jazz musician > types of

faker1903

swing man1903

honky-tonker1910

Chicagoan1924

stomper1925

Dixielander1927

modernist1932

swinger1934

ride man1935

all-star1937

swingster1937

hamfat1938

mouldy fig1945

traditionalist1949

trad1951

West Coaster1954

mainstreamer1961

soulster1961

New Thinger1964

society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [noun] > of jazz > of specific types of jazz

modernist1932

icky1937

ick1942

mouldy fig1945

bebopper1946

skiffler1948

traditionalist1949

bopper1951

West Coaster1954

soulster1961

folkie1966

1945 Esquire Mar. 10/2 Why do aforementioned connoisseurs insist upon maintaining that the Chicago and New York (white) styles are the real Jazz, when it's perfectly obvious that New Orleans was—and is—the birthplace of the true ‘stuff’?.. Sincerely, Moldy Fig, France.

1945 S. Platt in Esquire June 10/3 I wish to protest against the ‘Moldy Fig’ genre of music lovers. There seems to be some perverse streak in critics such as Avakian or ‘Moldy Fig’ which prevents them from liking anything but the very oldest available.

1948 Collier's 20 Mar. 88 The moldy figs..are certain that the greatest jazz ever played..was played in New Orleans in 1915.

1956 M. W. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) xvii. 216 To the record-collecting converts known as ‘moldy figs’, however, this was not ‘authentic’ jazz.

1968 Listener 4 Apr. 450/3 Readers over 30 will remember the term ‘Mouldy Figge’ as contemporaneous with Little Jackie Dennis and Suez.

1968 Blues Unlimited Nov. 7 Many collectors are mouldy-fig enough to believe that virtually every worthwhile blues singer was recorded at least once in the '20s and '30s.

1973 National Observer (U.S.) 6 Oct. 23/1 Charles Keil satirizes the ‘moldy-fig’ aspirations of earlier blues scholars.

1991 Christian Sci. Monitor 24 Oct. 16/4 Soon cool was the thing to be, and on some bandstands cool was hard to distinguish from ordinary contempt. If cool conduct, why not cool music? Hot jazz was for the mouldy figs.

2. A person holding very traditional or conservative views.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > transmitted from one generation to another > adherence to > one who

traditioner1555

traditionary1564

traditionist1584

traditional1656

traditionalist1660

mouldy fig1950

trad1956

trad1960

1950 A. Ginsberg Let. 7 Feb. in W. S. Burroughs Lett. 1945–59 (1993) 57 [Right-wing columnist W. Pegler is] a mouldy fig with nuts.

1958 K. Rexroth Revolt in Nation 26 Apr. 378/3 Like pops, don't come around talking that old moldy fig political jive, you bug me, man.

1989 Sound Choice Autumn 28/3 For us moldy figs who think smaller and funkier is better than bigger and more boring, the latest issue looks a bit pale.

2001 Book Jan. 49/1 Today, most Shakespeare scholars are either moldy figs or much worse—what I call resentniks.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mouldy fig
释义	mouldy figmoldy fign.adj. Brit. /ˌməʊldɪ ˈfɪɡ/, U.S. /ˌmoʊldi ˈfɪɡ/ Forms: 1900s– moldy fig (North American), 1900s– mouldy fig, 1900s– mouldy figge. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mouldy adj.¹, fig n.¹ Etymology: < mouldy adj.¹ + fig n.¹, apparently originally used as a humorous pen-name (see quots. 1945¹ at sense 1). U.S. colloquial. 1. Jazz. A supporter or performer of traditional jazz as opposed to bebop. Also as adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > jazz musician > types of faker1903 swing man1903 honky-tonker1910 Chicagoan1924 stomper1925 Dixielander1927 modernist1932 swinger1934 ride man1935 all-star1937 swingster1937 hamfat1938 mouldy fig1945 traditionalist1949 trad1951 West Coaster1954 mainstreamer1961 soulster1961 New Thinger1964 society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [noun] > of jazz > of specific types of jazz modernist1932 icky1937 ick1942 mouldy fig1945 bebopper1946 skiffler1948 traditionalist1949 bopper1951 West Coaster1954 soulster1961 folkie1966 1945 Esquire Mar. 10/2 Why do aforementioned connoisseurs insist upon maintaining that the Chicago and New York (white) styles are the real Jazz, when it's perfectly obvious that New Orleans was—and is—the birthplace of the true ‘stuff’?.. Sincerely, Moldy Fig, France. 1945 S. Platt in Esquire June 10/3 I wish to protest against the ‘Moldy Fig’ genre of music lovers. There seems to be some perverse streak in critics such as Avakian or ‘Moldy Fig’ which prevents them from liking anything but the very oldest available. 1948 Collier's 20 Mar. 88 The moldy figs..are certain that the greatest jazz ever played..was played in New Orleans in 1915. 1956 M. W. Stearns Story of Jazz (1957) xvii. 216 To the record-collecting converts known as ‘moldy figs’, however, this was not ‘authentic’ jazz. 1968 Listener 4 Apr. 450/3 Readers over 30 will remember the term ‘Mouldy Figge’ as contemporaneous with Little Jackie Dennis and Suez. 1968 Blues Unlimited Nov. 7 Many collectors are mouldy-fig enough to believe that virtually every worthwhile blues singer was recorded at least once in the '20s and '30s. 1973 National Observer (U.S.) 6 Oct. 23/1 Charles Keil satirizes the ‘moldy-fig’ aspirations of earlier blues scholars. 1991 Christian Sci. Monitor 24 Oct. 16/4 Soon cool was the thing to be, and on some bandstands cool was hard to distinguish from ordinary contempt. If cool conduct, why not cool music? Hot jazz was for the mouldy figs. 2. A person holding very traditional or conservative views. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > customs, values, and civilization > customs, values, or beliefs of a society or group > [noun] > transmitted from one generation to another > adherence to > one who traditioner1555 traditionary1564 traditionist1584 traditional1656 traditionalist1660 mouldy fig1950 trad1956 trad1960 1950 A. Ginsberg Let. 7 Feb. in W. S. Burroughs Lett. 1945–59 (1993) 57 [Right-wing columnist W. Pegler is] a mouldy fig with nuts. 1958 K. Rexroth Revolt in Nation 26 Apr. 378/3 Like pops, don't come around talking that old moldy fig political jive, you bug me, man. 1989 Sound Choice Autumn 28/3 For us moldy figs who think smaller and funkier is better than bigger and more boring, the latest issue looks a bit pale. 2001 Book Jan. 49/1 Today, most Shakespeare scholars are either moldy figs or much worse—what I call resentniks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1945
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