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    [Adjective]  | "up*stand*ing" | \ ˌəp-ˈstan-diŋ \


    1: erect, upright

    2: marked by integrity


    Origin: before 12th century ;

    [Idiom]  | "be upstanding" 


    1: —used to tell the people in a place to stand up

    [Adjective]  | "upstanding" 


    1: following the accepted rules of moral conduct;


      * e.g., " ... a fine, upstanding woman who deserves to be nominated to the state's highest court "





    2: rising straight up;


      * e.g., " ... not a single wall remained upstanding after the tornado had passed "





     [ "Upstander" ]

    1: A person who stands up for his or her beliefs.

      * e.g.,  ... People who spoke out against the Holocaust were upstanders. 


     [ "Upstander" ]

    2: A person who does what they think is right, even if they are alone.


     [ "Upstander" ]

    3: A person who is not a bystander.

     [ "Upstander" ]

    1: Someone who stands up for a victim while they are being bullied.

      * e.g.,  ... You are at the playground and someone comes over and starts to trash talk about you. There are a crowd of bystanders but no one will help you stand up to the bully. The one person who does stand up will you to the bully is the upstander. 

     [ "Upstander" ]

    1: When you stand up for someone

      * e.g.,  ... I am a upstander 

     [ "Upstand" ]

    1: It is the opposite of understand.

      * e.g.,  ... « I don’t like Harry Potter » « I upstand you« 

     [ "upstanding member" ]

    1: Hard on erection

      * e.g.,  ... Kat says Tony is a Upstanding Member The bonus is he is a productive Member 

     [ "Upstanding citizen" ]

    1: A fellow citizen that obeys the laws and respects the rules and guidelines put forth by society. This person is also very helpful and has good morals.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude 1: "Dude, you stopped chewing tobacco and drinking and driving?" 

     [ "Upstanding shitizen" ]

    1: When a toilet is so disgusting and covered with piss/ shit you have to hover over the seat to take care of business. Typically performed in public restrooms.

      * e.g.,  ... Dude 1: Yo dude, I was taking the browns to the Super Bowl in a Walmart bathroom the other day, the toilet was so gnarly I had to do an upstanding shitizen! Dude 2: FAR OUT! 

     [ "Upstanding Citizen" ]

    1: Upstanding Citizen means gay but not in a mean way

      * e.g.,  ... Dude 1: I'm in love with a man dude 

     [ "Upstanding Citizen" ]

    1: A Mark-ass Biatch

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: You are a real upstanding citizen you know. Person 2: Go fuck yourself 

     [ "you're an upstanding gentleman" ]

    1: A way of saying "thank you" with extreme sincerity. Usually used when one is immensely appreciative but cannot provide a suitable reward.

      * e.g.,  ... You just saved my car from being compressed. You're an upstanding gentleman. 

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