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Definition of be straight-edge
straight-edge
- non drug user.
I can't break my edge.
Last edited on May 19 2011. Submitted by Tinaya from CA, USA on May 07 2002.
adjective
- not consuming alcohol, cigarettes, marijuana and other illegal drugs; and also not engaging in premarital sex.
A way of life developed by the punk-hardcore band named Minor Threat. The term was coined in 1980 by Ian McKaye, who wrote a song called "Straight-Edge."Those kids are straight-edge.
Last edited on Jun 09 2014. Submitted by Ben A. from Chicopee, MA, USA on Jun 30 1998.
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| Definitions include: at the forefront. | |
| Definitions include: at the forefront. | |
| Definitions include: The pinnacle of very cool, excellent, outstanding, or awesome. | |
| Definitions include: drunk. | |
| Definitions include: The baby hair on the forehead | |
| Definitions include: to go crazy. | |
| Definitions include: to decline in a particular skill. | |
| Definitions include: nervous. | |
| Definitions include: having not mastered a subject. | |
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| Definitions include: to be truthful. | |
| Definitions include: a phrase indicating approval, excitement, or support; "right on". | |
| Definitions include: milder version of "damn straight." | |
| Definitions include: to stop committing crime. | |
| Definitions include: "I'm straight." | |
| Definitions include: to restrain from laughing. | |
| Definitions include: to chastise. | |
| Definitions include: fine; okay. | |
| Definitions include: immediately. | |
| Definitions include: the truth. | |
| Definitions include: awesome or cool | |
| Definitions include: straight from the source of said thing. | |
| Definitions include: straight (i.e. very) good. | |
| Definitions include: to have sexual intercourse. also simply "lace" | |
| Definitions include: a true back-story or set of facts. | |
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