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straight talk en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Simple, honest speaking.
    • "I asked for straight talk, and thou hast given me sweet talk." 1891 August, Rudyard Kipling, chapter 20, in Life’s Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., […], published October 1891, →OCLC:
    • [H]e told voters in the economically ravaged state that lost auto-industry jobs "aren't coming back," a dose of undiluted straight talk that probably cemented his loss there. 2008 January 23, James Carney, “The Resurrection of John McCain”, in Time:
    • "Tell him to go back to Durango and forget the foolish girl. […]" "All right. That is straight talk, like an Indian's. 1917 January, Zane Grey, chapter II, in Wildfire, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC:

Deriveds

straight talker

Relateds

shoot someone straight · straight shooter · play it straight · plain English

Translations (2)

de Klartext (honest speaking) · fi suora puhe (honest speaking)