tightass

/ ˈtaɪtˌæs /

noun

slang, an inhibited or excessively self-controlled person

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tightassed adjective

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Bozell currently works for the Media Research Center and is formerly of the Parents Television Council, whose sole purpose was furnishing TV executives’ mailing addresses for every sexless tightass who wanted to write an angry letter whenever they saw lesbians kissing on TV.