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stick up one's ass

stick up one's ass noun: a stiff, stern, uptight, or humorless manner.

Noun

stick up one's ass

  1. (Canada, US, derogatory, figuratively, vulgar) A stiff, stern, uptight, or humorless manner.
    • have a stick up one's ass
    • My parents […] had been decently off at some time in the past, but all that remained by the time I came along was a certain New Englandy Puritan sense of respectability. […] I've inherited it. As much as I've tried to fight it, when you're born with a stick up your ass, you die with a stick up your...2009, Don Nigro, Gorgons and Other Plays, →ISBN, page 47

Synonyms of stick up one's ass

Forms of stick up one's ass

alternative formstick in one’s ass

Questions about stick up one's ass

What does stick up one's ass mean?
Stick up one's ass means a stiff, stern, uptight, or humorless manner.
What part of speech is stick up one's ass?
Stick up one's ass is a noun.

Words near stick up one's ass in the dictionary

  1. stick to someone's ribs
  2. stick together
  3. stick two fingers up
  4. stick up
  5. stick up for
  6. stick up one's ass
  7. stick up one's butt
  8. stick weld
  9. stick welded
  10. stick welding
  11. stick welds

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