Straight Laced

Word STRAIGHT LACED
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Definitions and meanings of "Straight Laced"

What do we mean by straight laced?

Having narrow views on moral matters; prudish. adjective

Exaggeratedly proper adjective

Having narrow views on moral matters; prudish.

Someone that follows the rules to the extent that they miss out on all the fun. Urban Dictionary

Im Dead Serious, No Joke. Urban Dictionary

The only so called "Oi!" band in Louisville. They sing about being drunk, the oppression that is cast upon the working class, and are somehow are able to throw in a few too many "oi oi oi!'s" in the middle of all their useless ramble. Urban Dictionary

What celibate non drinkers/smokers/drug takers used to be called before the straight edge scene came along and made the stuck up tossers feel EVEN more high and mighty. Urban Dictionary

Being in a state of ignorance; living under a rock. Doesn't use offensive language, has trouble talking to women, and carries around a bottle of water. Urban Dictionary

When a ball is kicked perfectly, it is kicked primarily by the shoe lace. Therefore the term reflects someone doing or saying something truthful- and perfectly to the point. Urban Dictionary

Humour with a bite or edge to it, often involving some form of thought or analysis to really get or understand. Often used to teach or inform, much like satire or subtle sarcasm. Urban Dictionary

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The word "straight-laced" in example sentences

Shunning the traditional straight-laced, jacket-and-tie style of German professors, Mr. Weber was known for giving his lectures dressed in jeans and a bomber jacket. ❋ Nina Koeppen (2011)

The Jets hired Rex Ryan 729 days ago, and in the straight-laced profession of NFL head coaching, Mr. Ryan has managed to do something remarkable as his Jets prepare for another appearance in the AFC Championship Game: He has never been boring. ❋ Scott Cacciola (2011)

The comedy here manages to be both breezy and black, with the Korean war clearly standing in for the then-current conflict in Vietnam; Hawkeye and Trapper spend most of their time tormenting their straight-laced tent-mate, Major Frank Burns (Robert Duvall), and his prissy head-nurse girlfriend, "Hot Lips" O'Houlihan (Sally Kellerman). ❋ Phelim O (2010)

"By no means is he straight-laced," Jeff Agoos told me. ❋ Dan Steinberg (2010)

And once at a Kips Big Boy restaurant (I have probably told this before) she was eating a hot fudge sundae, and when a decidedly straight-laced just-out-of-Church family looked over at us reprovingly because of our high spirits, she painted her eyelids with fudge and gazed at them in a regal way. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Forrest, the straight-laced Puritan, had died of a hunting accident. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Meet the child prodigy Chiyo, the animal-loving Sakaki, the spacey out-of-towner Osaka, the straight-laced Yomi and her best friend Tomo, and the sports-loving Kagura throughout their high school lives. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Wilde, never very shy about his bisexuality, rebelled against the hypocrisy of the straight-laced bluenoses who kept their marriages intact but also took off for long weekends in the country with their young boyfriends -- "Bunburying" (notice the little play on words ....). ❋ Unknown (2009)

By contrast, Michael Schaffer, editor of the Washington City Paper has echoed the Stewart/Colbert mood by issuing a memo to his editorial team that lampoons the straight-laced response by august rivals. ❋ Roy Greenslade (2010)

Moreno was always a fairly dull interview, all proper and straight-laced in his responses. ❋ Dan Steinberg (2010)

And this is even when he's incorporating said gayness into his social assault, like when he's thrusting his barely clad crotch in front of a test group meant to represent Middle America, or simulating multiple varieties of oral sex on the ghost of Rob Pilatus in front of a straight-laced psychic, or nagging a dude he's camping with multiple times (sometimes clothed, sometimes not) in the wee hours of the night. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Middle Men tells the true story of Jack Harris “the straight-laced businessman who helped launch one of the first porn websites” and becomes “caught between the Russian mob, a porn star, the FBI and his family, all while becoming very rich.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

DVD and Blu-ray, Universal Plenty of roughshod charm and spirit here as a straight-laced student becomes increasingly rebellious when he explores NY's Muslim hardcore punk scene. ❋ Unknown (2011)

She now lives an eccentric life in the middle of nowhere, Virginia with her charmingly straight-laced husband, two kids, two neurotic dogs, and a 1973 Camaro named Loki. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Proudly warm and nostalgic for its soundstage-perfect Victorian Era setting, the film features Garland as irresistable as ever and Johnson well-cast as a suitor so straight-laced he seems almost quaint by modern standards. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If they wanted white to imply the straight-laced hero character, they could have spiced it up with posters and/or newspaper clippings. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The straight-laced Mrs. Manigat is considered part of Haiti's political establishment. ❋ Ingrid Arnesen (2011)

A straight-laced person always hands in projects on time, never goes [out of the house] past 9:00pm, and goes to old distant relatives' [weddings] when they could [be out] partying. ❋ Kind Of Spades (2011)

[Meet] Me [After School], [Straight Lace]. ❋ Vannah Bay Bay (2007)

-Oh shit, [those boys] from [Straight Laced] [tagged] my store front again. -They suck. ❋ Cokehead0975834 (2006)

Guy1: Yo i got [dizz] for the club shall we bring Becky and try and get a threesome going? Girl: Nah shes properly [straight laced] she wont [be up] for that Guy: deep ❋ Thefuckisapseudonym? (2012)

If [you need] an [example], [you're pretty] straight laced!! ❋ Mr. Echo (2010)

YO, KYLE, THAT TRUMP GUY IS A FUCKIN' LOSER HEY, HIS KIDS ARE [FUCKIN' UGLY] COWARDS TOO RIGHT?! Bro, [Straight Lace], you're [preaching to the choir] with that one. ❋ Beansinacan (2021)

"People often say that I'm not very funny. I am, I just use [straight-laced humour]. Life's [too full] of nonsense as is for me to [crack a joke] without some form of thought put into it..." ❋ Whitly (2012)

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