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tight-assed
[ tahyt-ast ]
adjective
- rigidly self-controlled, inhibited, or conservative in attitude.
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Origin of tight-assed1
Example Sentences
âThatâs good, Bull. But that tight-assed squid is going to have fun writing a conduct report on you that could end your career if I donât figure out a way to stop it.â
Then there are irritants purposefully written to be the heart of the comedy, annoyances that take the form of Jennifer Garnerâs Kathryn McSorley-Jodell, who would be hilarious if she were surrounded by characters not so easily brought low by Kathrynâs tight-assed hold on every element of her world.
âI was pretty tight-assed about being a pianist,â she recalled.
Image: Netflix Then thereâs that insane scene in the final episode between the neglected Mrs. Wheeler and the psychopathic, tight-assed newcomer, Billy Hargrove.
When I hear him on his final album covering Rufus Wainwrightâs âGoing to a Town,â singing, âTell me, do you really think you go to hell for having loved?â or Elton Johnâs âIdol,â singing âHe was tight-assed/ Walking on broken glass/ Highly prized in the wallet size/ The No. 1 crush in a schoolgirlâs eyes,â I drink in how beautifully he sings those lines.
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