hangup

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hangup

noun hangups

alternative Alternative spelling of hang-up One result of the sexual revolution was the spread of venereal disease to near-epidemic proportions. The clap was, as one writer put it, “one of the hangups of the new morality.”

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@misc{hangup_2026,
  title = {hangup},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hangup},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}