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🔰tight-ass

🇺🇸American English Offensive

✍🏾Meaning:

1) sby who spends as little money as possible, a miser 2) sby who's repressed and very strict about following society's rules

❗️For example:

🔺Our boss is a real tight-ass; we never get a Christmas bonus.

🔺Don't be such a tight-ass, Rob. Let yourself have some fun for a change.

💥Note: An alternative spelling is "tight-arse".

🗨Variety: This slang term is typically used in American English but may be used in other varieties of English too.

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