Seven Red

I read a lot of 70′s era computer stuff, mostly magazines and hobbyist newsletters and the like. I’ve noticed this phrasing over and over, and it’s curious, because nobody really says it anymore: “that really puts people uptight.” So, to put uptight, meaning, roughly, to make nervous. People still use “uptight,” but they don’t really mean it as “nervous” so much as “overly reserved.” I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone use “to put uptight.” My Google searches have only turned up the lyrics from the Byrd’s song “Mr. Spaceman” (those saucer shaped lights put people uptight), but it was otherwise a fairly common phrase during most of the 1970′s. I like it. I’m bringing it back, like, this Fannie Mae business really puts people uptight. Yeah.

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