General
Uptight
Uptight adjective - Feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty.
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In general, each game provides at least one uptight or rule-abiding love interest that makes a more snarky or off-kilter protagonist look wild by comparison, or a more wild protagonist that makes a more duty-bound or rule-abiding protagonist look uptight by comparison.
Source: Uptight Loves Wild -
It seems to be the general view that Ginger has, believing Scarlet to be proof that growing up makes you boring and uptight.
Source: Video Game / The Path - Despite how she has to keep this a secret, because of the uptight culture of the 1880s in general and her family situation in particular, this is clearly a big turning point in her life.
Source: Sex as Rite-of-Passage
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