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don1 | 18:47 Thu 08th Mar 2007 | Phrases & Sayings
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Twice now in as many weeks I have heard (in TV programmes) someone referred to as being "anal retentive"

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Squeeze your buttocks. Hard. Hold it.

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It's a psychological term for someone who Indicates personality traits, such as meticulousness, avarice, and obstinacy, originating in habits, attitudes, or values associated with infantile pleasure in retention of faeces.Or as PB says ..holding it in !
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Thank you shaneystar for that full answer
I thought it's origins were based around children who would play with their faeces?
shaney star 2 very in depth and analytical response to a phrase that basically means,"your head is stuck up your arse"i.e snob

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