Timeline for Is there a word or phrase for someone who strongly disapproves of smoking, drinking and gambling?
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| Nov 28, 2014 at 16:28 | comment | added | Kate Gregory | It does not mean what the OP is asking. My son and many of his friends are straight edge. They don't disapprove of these behaviours by others and regularly attend and host events where others drink alcohol, for example. | |
| Nov 27, 2014 at 22:54 | comment | added | ChrisW | Straight edge (sometimes abbreviated sXe) is a subculture and subgenre of hardcore punk ... | |
| Nov 27, 2014 at 14:05 | history | edited | Robusto | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 27, 2014 at 10:43 | comment | added | o0'. | I've never heard of a straightedge disapproving those things, they usually just don't use them themselves. | |
| Nov 27, 2014 at 5:56 | comment | added | Dhaust | I wouldn't say 'means exactly what you're asking for' because gambling is generally not included in the list of things abstained from in straight edge culture. See sxeworldwide.tumblr.com/Edge-FAQ#sxe02 and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_edge | |
| Nov 26, 2014 at 23:57 | comment | added | choster | It's found its way into AHD: straight-edge: 2. Abstaining from alcohol, tobacco, and drugs, presumably from the punk subculture, which is presumably named for the song, which in turn… has nothing obviously related to the geometer's tool. | |
| Nov 26, 2014 at 23:44 | history | answered | mattacular | CC BY-SA 3.0 |