Meaning of tight-assed | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Rigidly maintaining self-control; restricting oneself to generally accepted rules and behaviours.
   derogatory, informal
2. Excessively concerned with unimportant details; obsessively precise.
   derogatory, informal
3. Reluctant to spend money.
   derogatory, informal
4. Having firm or clenched buttocks.
   informal
5. Fitting tightly in the area covering the buttocks.
   informal

Examples

“Assemblyperson Baker, as she probably liked to be addressed, had all the lyricism and sensuality of Betty Crocker. She was so tight-assed that she even wore stockings in the tropics.”

“This noncritical atmosphere works for us because the three of us are so tight assed about revealing our emotions.”

“A group of pedestrians waited on the corner opposite for the lights to change even though there was no traffic coming in either direction. After watching them for a while Hoffmann muttered savagely, ‘The goddam tight-assed Swiss...’”

“[…] Gottlieb obviously wishes, above all else in life, that he could turn himself into that miserable don and learn to write his spiteful-playful tight-assed vinegar prose.”

“It was a typical old brownstone, built in the fifties and since then maintained with tight-assed economy—a little paint every year, a new lock on the door, perhaps a new piece of plumbing here and there as the old rusted out.”

“We have learned how—what do you call it?—tight-assed the white man is with his money.”

“Cuddles is the one in the money. Ain’t tight-assed about it either, which is why we hang together.”

“He had an eagle tattooed on his chest, a tight-assed, narrow-hipped swagger, and a reputation for having fast hands and clever fingers.”

“2015, Kimberli A. Bindschatel, Operation Tropical Affair, Traverse City, MI: Turning Leaf, Chapter 8, p. 78, We could pop down to the Caymans. Drink some margaritas, watch those tight-assed college boys play beach volleyball.”

“1967, Wright Morris, In Orbit, Chapter 6, in Two for the Road, Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1994, p. 264, There is no room in his tight-assed pants for his dangling hands.”

“[…] the women wore hot pants and halter tops and tight-assed skirts.”

“The waiters were all beautiful Portuguese Nancy boys dressed in tight French sailor suits—striped shirts, tight-assed bell bottoms, a blue cap with a red pompadour—and reeking of delectably cheap perfume.”

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