Word: uptightness
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...play does occasionally fall into the trap of exploiting stereotypes to get laughs. Owen is an ignorant, superstitious bigot, Charlie is an uptight Brit, and Betty is such a provincial naif, having never met a foreign-speaker before, that she shouts in Charlie's ear, as if increased volume would make English more comprehensible...
...naked editors of the Yale Daily, feel that if those hairy-chested alums and their buxom, matronly wives could be a little less uptight and a little more politically aware, the world would be a better, happier, and more pollution-free place...
Erpingham (John Claflin) is the name of the director of a chain of British holiday camps, an upper crust, uptight version of Club Med. He is the Great Oppressor/Dictator/Imperialist, demanding religiously fanatic devotion and obeisance from his workers and campers while envisioning a world-spanding empire of holiday camps. He declares off-handedly that his campers don't have rights, only privileges--even food is a privilege...
...used to get so uptight for every meet. I used to get really upset very easily. I tended to be a perfectionist and that was sometimes detrimental to my performance," Sugrue said. "So, now I'm trying to relax...
...They should give some disclaimer to the idea of a deadline. A lot of people get uptight about that. I did," said Ned Keaton...