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2An inhibited, repressed, or excessively conventional person.
‘you are the most buttoned-up tight-arse that I have ever met’
‘a well-worn Hollywood theme—repressed tight-ass reformed by intrusion of uncouth slob’
‘The comic-drama of this man who is teased for being a tight-ass, ‘a self-righteous goody two-shoes,’ feels like the enactment of an old, old moment in the history of mutual human dumbness.’
‘I realize that calling people out for not using the serial comma is probably an easier way of communicating clearly that you're a boring, stuffy tight-ass with a surfeit of free time.’
‘Some people are total tight-asses with no sense of humor whatsoever.’
‘You need to get a sense of humour and stop being a tight-arse!’
‘Even her secretary was an unflappable tight-ass, his contacts had told him.’
‘His grin changed into a pleasant smile as he realized Julian wasn't such a tight-ass.’