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tight-ass noun a highly strung, nervous person US- She preferred to think that was the case, rather than that Marx Marvelous was simply another intellectual tight-ass smugly ripping at every cosmic curtain to expose the specter of dank feminine (irrational!!!) mysticism that he is certain lurks behind it. — Tom Robbins, Another Roadside Attraction, p. 185, 1971
- “Nora, you’re being irrational.” “And you’re being a regular tight-ass.” — Glenn Savan, White Palace, p. 180, 1987
- Fenster always worked with McManus. He was a real tight-ass, but when it came to the job, he was right on. — The Usual Suspects, 1995
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