stiff-upper-lippy

• stiff upper lippy

From stiff upper lip +‎ -y.

stiff-upper-lippy (comparative more stiff-upper-lippy, superlative most stiff-upper-lippy)

1. (informal, uncommon) Having, resembling, or characteristic of a stiff upper lip; stoic.

   Hyponym: stiff-upper-lipped

   • 2001 October 2, Marti Noxon, “Bargaining”, in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, season 6, episode 1, spoken by Willow Rosenberg (Alyson Hannigan), Los Angeles, Calif.: UPN:

     I’m trying to be stiff-upper-lippy.

   • 2009 November 22, Stephanie Clifford, “Calming Sign of Troubled Past Appears in Modern Offices”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 April 2012:

     “Keep calm and carry on,” a British government propaganda poster created in 1939, is now decorating offices. […] “It looks quiet and nice and sort of stiff-upper-lippy,” Mr. [David] Lubars said.

   • 2011 October 16, Ken Tucker, “'The Walking Dead' season premiere review: Zombie repetition”, in Entertainment Weekly‎^[2], New York, N.Y., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 January 2021:

     Character development? These people are, for the most part, unchanged — they’re The Walking Living. Sheriff Rick [Grimes] is still stiff-upper-lippy unless a member of his family is in danger (more about that later).