ugly stick

ugly stick
n
an imagined source of repellent physi-cal characteristics, manners or behav-iour. The words usually form part of a sardonic speculation that the person in question has been 'taking ugly pills' or has been 'hit with the ugly stick'. An alternative suggestion is that the person has 'fallen out of the ugly tree'.

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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