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  • s  being in a tense state

  • Singlish is especially fashionable these days among Generation Y, in part because it gives uptight Singapore a chance to laughat itself.
  • Yes, that most uptight of Asian countries has a surprisingly lively gay scene.
  • So he grew long hair and a beard and began doing different kinds of material about drugs and Vietnam and America's uptight attitude toward language and sex.
News & Articles

  • Capricorn
    People you work with may say or do things you don't approve of today but in the greater scheme of things it's no big deal, so don't get uptight. By all means laugh when they discover they've made fools of themselves...
    June 14, 2013 - New York Post
  • HBT Daily: Beanball wars are absolutely stupid
    I’ve been on this high horse many a time. And I don’t care how many folks tell me I’m being all uptight and goody-goody about it. I’ll still always be right and you’ll still always be victims of a culture of machismo which has mistaken violence for valor. Hmm. Don’t think I’m helping my cause…
    June 13, 2013 - NBC Sports: HardballTalk
  • Not so Pius! Midwest porn gal gets ticket for show in front of former Catholic high school
    A Heartland-raised porn princess paid tribute to her uptight Catholic classmates by flashing her God-given assets. Wannabe adult actress, “Val Midwest,” took it off at her former parochial school in Lincoln, Neb., and posted the racy images on her adult Web site. The 19-year-old runs an online peepshow that’s...
    June 11, 2013 - New York Post
Quotes

  • Katherine Heigl in San Francisco Chronicle
    But in a recent interview with Vanity Fair magazine, Heigl said, "It's a little sexist. It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys. It was hard for me to love the movie."
  • Charlie Manuel in Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
    Some of the hitters may have been uptight, but Francis was way better than the other times I've seen him,Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said.
  • Adam McKay in Guardian
    What's the common thread in all of them? In `Dazed and Confused' the quarterback has the conflict with the old-school football coach,said McKay. "In (`Semi-Pro') it's the ABA verse the uptight NBA. And in `Anchorman,' you have the new...

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