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ˈtight-ass, n. (and a.) slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.).
Also tight-arse.
[Back-formation from next.]
An inhibited or strait-laced person; occas. a stingy person, a skinflint. Freq. attrib. passing into adj. = next; occas. applied (lit.) to clothes: fitting tightly around the buttocks.
1969P. Roth Portnoy's Complaint 79 A really constrained and tight-ass human being. 1970J. G. Vermandel Dine with Devil iii. 11 A well-muscled, virile-looking type with a neat little beard, who favors tight-ass pants and rather beautiful, flowing shirts. 1972‘E. McBain’ Sadie when she Died x. 105 ‘Don't be such a tight-ass,’ the girl said. ‘I'm thirsty as hell here.’ 1972Southerly XXXII. 103 Jenny was very friendly but very tightarse inhibited headinnamess. 1981M. Gordon Company of Women ii. iv. 190 My three o'clock class was an incredible bummer. Bunch of tight asses. Tight-ass kids. 1982J. Sherwood Shot in Arm x. 96 As though any policeman in his senses would pocket cash..with a virgin-faced tight-arse like Verney looking on. |