stiff
(figurative, of, _, policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
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How quaintly British - "We'll have no choice but to write a stiff letter." If only.
I've done the "Banana and the Walkaround" before. Hard position, very stiff
Second morning my meat been stiff and there’s no good throat around.
in the darkest corner of the house, i found her body there, cold and stiff, spine in a twist. she left a note, it read like so: 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦.
What's funny is that my fingers are fine so I could type two-handed in that regard, but I have a stiff cast on now for stabilizing and now my thumb is just in the way bashing into shit every time I attempt to type wit…
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(figurative, of, _, policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.
He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine.
“There's a 3 and a half hour animated adaptation of Heir to the Empire on YouTube. The animation is stiff and the acting is hammy, but it's a remarkable labour of love youtu.be/RN9msMF_psk?...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I think a stiff breeze could take you in fight. Creep.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I'm really afraid this is how stiff I be dancing”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I think, at this point, a stiff breeze could take Trump in a fight.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Woken with very stiff, almost locked up neck &shoulders. That teach me to spend the week unlocking down a 15year old hand made pallet shed, breaking apart new pallets and building new…. Alongside helping my friend (who’s had surgery on her foot) teach four yoga classes. 🙄”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(of an, object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.
You have discovered the corpse of Captain Willem of the MSV Majesty. His stiff fingers are wrapped tightly around a small datapad.
“How quaintly British - "We'll have no choice but to write a stiff letter." If only.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I've done the "Banana and the Walkaround" before. Hard position, very stiff”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Second morning my meat been stiff and there’s no good throat around.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“in the darkest corner of the house, i found her body there, cold and stiff, spine in a twist. she left a note, it read like so: 𝘮𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦'𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“What's funny is that my fingers are fine so I could type two-handed in that regard, but I have a stiff cast on now for stabilizing and now my thumb is just in the way bashing into shit every time I attempt to type with both hands.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(of a, person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.
“Yes. I believe she has passed quite a stiff exam.”
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