Learn Finnish: Portsari sanoi, että yökerhon pukukoodi on tiukka. - The bouncer said that the nightclub's dress code is strict.

It is a very common, colloquial word for a bouncer or doorman, derived from the older word portieeri. While the official legal term is järjestyksenvalvoja (security guard), in everyday spoken and written Finnish, you will almost always encounter portsari or its slang abbreviation poke.

Wait, doesn't tiukka mean "tight" like tight clothing?

Yes, it does! Since you are learning about clothes, you have likely seen tiukka used for tight-fitting garments (like tiukat housut, tight pants). However, when applied to rules, schedules, or a pukukoodi (dress code), its meaning translates to "strict".

Why is the verb on in the present tense if the bouncer said it in the past (sanoi)?

This is a major difference between Finnish and English! English uses "backshifting" in reported speech (e.g., He said that it was strict). Finnish usually keeps the exact tense of the original spoken sentence. The bouncer originally said, "The dress code is strict" (Pukukoodi on tiukka), so that present-tense verb is preserved in the että clause.

Is the word puku in pukukoodi the same word as "suit"?