Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Canada, US, mildly, slang, vulgar)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.

    Spaßtöter

  2. (Canada, US, mildly, slang, vulgar)Someone who is stingy, or who is tight with money.

    Geizhals, Geizkragen

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
person that does not know how to have fun:
stingy person:

Origin

Back-formation from tight-assed; equivalent to tight + ass.

Back-formation from tight-assed; equivalent to tight + ass.

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Forms

plural: tightasses

Synonyms

2 synonyms
nervous wreckworrywart

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tigerA1tightA1tightenB1tightlyB1tightnesstightropeB2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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