Definition of "tightass" []

• Someone who does not know how to have fun, or who is so worried about insignificant things as to ruin any fun that anyone around them may be having. (noun)
• Someone who is stingy, or who is tight with money. (noun)

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• "Not to be a tightass about it, but I think that my korean friends would privately get uptight about their alphabet being called “chinese characters,” the same way Italians would get uptight if you called their language “Mexican.”"
• "I suppose it's too much to ask from a pompous, arrogant, and self-promoting tightass like Mr. Gingrich, but one of the many saving graces of America is that it is a diverse nation with a lot of different cultures, ideals, and belief systems."
• "Sarah Palin is a dangerous theocrat who would be a great VP for all of us if we were all born-again Christians with tightass reading tastes."