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| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
| uptight (adj.) |
| is probably a slang term, but at least one dictionary considers it Standard; it means “angry, nervous, unbendingly conventional, tense, irritable,” as in She was uptight when the contest began, but she’s always been an uptight sort of person. Best advice: don’t use uptight in Oratorical or Formal contexts. | 1 |
| The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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