Usually means: Direct, honest, and forthright communication.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word straight from the shoulder:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. straight from the shoulder: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. straight-from-the-shoulder: Merriam-Webster
  3. straight-from-the-shoulder: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. straight-from-the-shoulder: Vocabulary.com
  5. straight-from-the-shoulder, straight from the shoulder: Wiktionary
  6. straight-from-the-shoulder: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. straight-from-the-shoulder, straight from the shoulder: Dictionary.com
  8. Straight from the Shoulder: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. straight-from-the-shoulder: Rhymezone
  10. straight-from-the-shoulder: FreeDictionary.org
  11. straight-from-the-shoulder: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. straight-from-the-shoulder, straight from the shoulder: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. straight-from-the-shoulder: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. straight-from-the-shoulder: A Word A Day
  2. straight from the shoulder: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. straight from the shoulder: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Definitions from Wiktionary (straight from the shoulder)

adjective:  (idiomatic, often hyphenated, chiefly of an act of communication) Done in a direct manner; blunt.
adverb:  (idiomatic, chiefly of communicating) In a straightforward manner; directly; bluntly.

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