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arsehood en · NOUN

Etymology

From arse + -hood.

Meanings

1. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, uncountable) The state or quality of being an arse.
   • I think I shall just have to reisng myself to arsehood. 2003 May 29, Lodestone, “[I] Pronounceable Passwords”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet), retrieved 12 Jun 2022:
   • Thanksgiving week in the US, and list traffic slows to a dribble, but the range of topics is impressive: acrophobia, palsy, Feleki's instrument, business cards, Chomsky's politics, homonymity, the 1942 Cocoanut Grove disaster, the language of arsehood. 1992 November 30, BGRI...@ukcc.uky.edu, “Words-L Weekly Digest”, in bit.listserv.words-l (Usenet), retrieved 12 Jun 2022:
   • No need to explain, old chap; the reason is readily apparent. You do it because you are an arse. It seems that your arsehood is widely recognised. 2003 December 9, Adam Kennedy, “Rotting flesh”, in alt.politics.british (Usenet), retrieved 12 Jun 2022:

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