High
Uptight
Uptight adjective - Feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty.
Both words in one sentence
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She's an uptight priss with high hopes for her future; he's a wild teenage delinquent.
Source: Uptight Loves Wild -
Grande Dame: The uptight Jean Hogg, a woman who expects things to be high class under her watch.
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In the anti-marijuana Afterschool Special episode "Stoned", Scott Baio plays an uptight and unpopular high school student who starts smoking pot moderately and then learns to loosen up, makes some friends, meets a pretty girl and saves his brother's life after potentially fatal boating accident.
Source: Do Not Do This Cool Thing
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