Straight Edge 

A lifestlye, A movement, A promise.
Straight Edge was originally started By Ian McAye and the band Minor Threat in 1981. Being Straight edge is keeping yourself pure and not polluting your body with Alchohol, Drugs, and other Substances. Some Straight Edge followers do not eat meat or dairy, some do not ingest caffine, or even sugar. The Mark of Straight edge is three X's (X X X) sometimes abreviated sXe, Straight Edge followers typically wear two X's on the backs of their hands at hardcore shows, or sometimes everyday, Bouncers back in the day would mark underaged concergoers so bartenders would know not to serve them alchoholic beverages, so the Straight Edge followers took that symbol and made it into their mark. Many Followers belive that the three X's stand for: No Alchohol, No Drugs, No Sex (permiscious sex), but some think it stands for Body, Mind, and Soul.

Straight Edge is the only way I can live, and I will hold true forever. XXX

Straight Edge by 1337 Fork April 9, 2006

straight edge 

nobody likes straight edge kids. being straight edge includes:
1)no drugs
2)no alcohol
3)no promiscuous sex
yes, you are gay

We're going to sit inside and play twister because we're straight edge.

straight edge by xxxcoolkidxxx January 16, 2008

straight edge 

Yes, there is a band, Minor Threat, (my most favorite band of all time)(trust me, i know alot about these guys), and they had a song called "straight edge". However, the motion of this whole straight edge skeet is based on the song "out of step" by minor threat:
Out of Step (with the world)
by Minor Threat, 1981 3

(I) Don't smoke
Don't drink
Don't fuck
At least I can fucking think

I can't keep up
Can't keep up
Can't keep up
Out of step with the world
If you listen to the origional version of "out of step", you will hear him say in the middle on the song:
""listen this is no set of rules, i'm not telling you what to do,all i'm saying is i'm bringing three things
that are like so important to the whole world...that i dont find more importance in... because of these things, whether they're
fuckin, or whether they're playing golf."" if you really knew shit about this wonderful band, and you heard what they had to say, then you would realize that this movement is something YOU guys made up, and they just shrugged at that. This is not a movement with HELLA detailed rules like you may think. In fact, it was not supposed to be a movement at all.
Please dont join this movement.
the "basics" of what people have set to this is that you dont smoke, drink and fuckAROUND with smoking or drinking. its not X-X-X its really only 2 X's for you guys. it doesnt matter about that shit, its not worth arguing about.
you can be clean and sober for yourself, and not make a billboard out of yourself about it.

no more X's kids. Read up on your bands before you publish shit about their songs. there was never meant to be a straight edge.

straight edge by emily TS April 14, 2006

straight edge 

Means living a poison-free lifestyle.
X- No drugs
X- No alcohol
X- No casual sex
Straigh edge people have a respect for there bodies and others should respect them for that.
Straight Edge is for life, not for a year, not for a week, If you take away an X you break edge.

To this I am forever true. I am straight edge.- Earth Crisis


STRAIGHT EDGE - I won't compromise.
STRAIGHT EDGE - We won't compromise.
STRAIGHT EDGE - Together.
STRAIGHT EDGE - Forever.
STRAIGHT EDGE - United.
STRAIGHT EDGE - Represent.
-Throwdown

I'm still here, I'm still proud and I
still know what it takes to be true. for myself. for my friends. for my family.
straight fucking edge. forever.
-Throwdown

straight edge by igottwopickles May 13, 2005

straight edge 

An incredibly closed-minded twat who lives in a world ruled by government propaganda. Their lifestyle (is supposed to) consist of:no drinking, no drugs and no casual sex; very boring in other words. They tend to be stubborn and angry and write x's on their hands, also fall out of this fad within a year or two.

Straight edger:you stupid fucking pot heads!
normal human being: shutup you stupid closed-minded fucker!
straight edger: *runs away*

straight edge by asdfdsasdfdsa August 19, 2006

straight edge 

*Out from a hardcore song

Someone who chose to live a poison free life. Straight edgers don't drink, smoke or do drugs and are against casual sex. When you join straight edge, you got to know your not priving yourself! You're just living the way you think is right.

Fuck fake asses who tarnish Straight Edge by saying "I can't do drugs"

A real straight edge should say "I don't want to do drugs"

1) Straight edge: my commitment against societies poisons.

2) SXE, XXX

3)DRUG FREE WORLD!

straight edge by w12 yall January 8, 2004

straight edge 

"Straightedge" was a song by Minor Threat recorded in the early 80s. No drugs, no excessive drinkin, or casual sex. Being straight-edge is not following a set of rules, it is following an ideal. People who are straight-edge are not against drinking, they are against drinking excessively; alcohol is not poisonous in small quantities, nor do such small quantities alter your state of mind. The whole principle behind sXe, as it is referred to, is purity/clarity of body and mind.

To see where straight-edge came from, here are the lyrics to "Straightedge" written by Ian McKaye of Minor Threat in 1981.

"I'm a person just like you
But I've got better things to do
Than sit around and fuck my head
Hang out with the living dead
Snort white shit up my nose
Pass out at the shows
I don't even think about speed
That's something I just don't need

I've got the straight edge

I'm a person just like you
But I've got better things to do
Than sit around and smoke dope
'Cause I know I can cope
Laugh at the thought of eating ludes
Laugh at the thought of sniffing glue
Always gonna keep in touch
Never want to use a crutch

I've got the straight edge"

As you can see, sXe is not against drinking; it's against getting messed up.

More recently, some who are sXe are also against eating processed foods which can also poison the body, or against eating meat. Most straight-edge people also refrain from casual sex, as they beleive that too is a form of mind-poison.

Also, while being straight-edge doesnt mean you CAN'T drink, most of those who are sXe do not.

Guy: "Hey man, wanna hit?"
sXe: "Nah, I'm straight-edge."

straight edge by Dyrian00 June 5, 2004