David Fahrenthold

The Post' is a fairly fusty place when it comes to profanity. If a reporter tries to get a bad word into a story, the word is usually forwarded to top editors, who consider it with the gravity and speed that the Vatican applies to candidates for sainthood.

American Journalist

Susan Choi

It's still funny for me to think of myself as someone who writes historical fiction because it seems like a really fusty, musty term, and yet it clearly applies.

American Novelist

Ruth Rendell

I don't want to be a fusty old lady writer.

British Writer

Fusty often invokes a specific smell visual, like old books in a closed room.

Sensory Experience

Describing a place as fusty suggests neglect or lack of fresh air.

Negative Connotation

Use 'fusty' to describe enclosed spaces that need airing out.

Physical Environment

Use 'fusty' to suggest someone's creativity or thinking is trapped in the past.

Creativity Block

Fusty implies being out of touch with current styles or trends.

Trend Awareness

Describing ideas as fusty hints at an unwillingness to change or adapt.