straight-up-and-down love

straight-up-and-down

Definitions

Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word straight-up-and-down.

Examples

  • "Richard Colvin behaved as a straight-up-and-down person, completely honest and doing his job to the best of his abilities," the former official said.

    Archive 2009-11-01 2009

  • I could myself go in there and fulfill all the parliamentary requirements necessary to put within two or three weeks at the maximum a straight-up-and-down vote on the repeal of Obama care on the floor of the House.

    Dick Armey On GOP Gains, Tea Party 2010

  • The reward is huge traffic spikes, hundreds of comments – so far in March, live blogs including minute-by-minute coverage of sporting events on guardian.co.uk account for 3.6 million unique users, 9% of the total – and the wrath of some traditional readers who clamour for a straight-up-and-down, conventionally written article.

    How live blogging has transformed journalism 2011

  • The things people say can be hurtful to thin women who have small breasts or boyish, straight-up-and-down bodies.

    Ask Professor Foxy: Does My Size and Not Flirting Keep Me Alone? - Feministing 2009

  • "Richard Colvin behaved as a straight-up-and-down person, completely honest and doing his job to the best of his abilities," the former official said.

    Torturegate North: the "6,000-mile screwdriver" 2009

  • How could the image of a woman, with her big voluptuous hips and round thighs and big, heavy breasts be applied to me if I was the skinny, straight-up-and-down, shapeless girl I was starving myself to be?

    Unbearable Lightness Portia de Rossi 2010

  • "Richard Colvin behaved as a straight-up-and-down person, completely honest and doing his job to the best of his abilities," the former official said.

    Dear Iceman: Any chance of an apology sometime soon? CC 2009

  • Kids at hardcore shows also adapted the straight-up-and-down “pogo” moves from the punk scene and ramped them up several notches into something called “slam dancing,” intentionally banging into each other as they jumped in the air.

    I slept with Joey Ramone Mickey Leigh 2009

  • Kids at hardcore shows also adapted the straight-up-and-down “pogo” moves from the punk scene and ramped them up several notches into something called “slam dancing,” intentionally banging into each other as they jumped in the air.

    I slept with Joey Ramone Mickey Leigh 2009

  • Kids at hardcore shows also adapted the straight-up-and-down “pogo” moves from the punk scene and ramped them up several notches into something called “slam dancing,” intentionally banging into each other as they jumped in the air.

    I slept with Joey Ramone Mickey Leigh 2009

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.