Stiff

Stiff may refer to:

  • Stiff, a characteristic used to describe people in the military or someone who appears disciplined
  • Stiff, a human corpse
  • Stiffness, a material's resistance to bending
  • Stiff (novel), a novel by Shane Maloney in his Murray Whelan series
    • Stiff (film), an Australian TV movie based on the novel, starring David Wenham
  • Stiff (professional wrestling), how a wrestler attacks an opponent
  • Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers, a book by Mary Roach
  • Stiff Records, a British record label
  • Seattle's True Independent Film Festival (STIFF), an annual event
  • Jimmy Stiff, former member of American rock band Jackyl

Famous quotes containing the word stiff:

    “she being brand
    -new; and you
    know consequently a
    little stiff i was
    careful of her”
    —E.E. (Edward Estlin)

    “Sir Charles: Aren’t you drinking?
    Princess Dala: I don’t drink.
    Sir Charles: Never?
    Princess Dala: I’m quite content with reality, I have no need for escape.
    Sir Charles: Well, I enjoy reality as much as the next man, it’s just in my case, fortunately, reality includes a good stiff belt every now and then.”
    —Blake Edwards (b. 1922)

    “We mustn’t be stiff and stand-off, you know. We must be thoroughly democratic, and patronize everybody without distinction of class.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)