stick up one's ass en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(Canada, US, derogatory, figuratively, vulgar) A stiff, stern, uptight, or humorless manner.
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 ass.
2009, Don Nigro, Gorgons and Other Plays, →ISBN, page 47:have a stick up one's ass
President Adrian Kantor, whom […] Sandy often referred to as a "prissy do-gooder with a stick up his ass," credited Sanderson & Dunn with his swift ascent from the House to the Senate to the White House.
2014, Jay Giles, chapter 1, in Moneymoon's End, →ISBN:He was too straight-laced to appreciate piercings and tattoos. If he could manage to keep future comments to himself, she wouldn't have any reason to mention the stick up his ass.
2015, Tara Mills, chapter 2, in Going Solo, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| stick in one’s ass | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
pickle up one's ass · pole up one's ass · stick up one's butt
Translations (4)
fr avoir un balai dans le cul (stiff, uptight or humorless manner) · pl mieć kija w dupie (stiff, uptight or humorless manner) · fi tiukkapipoinen (stiff, uptight or humorless manner) · de Stock im Arsch (stiff, uptight or humorless manner)