Dictionary

assclown en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈæsˌklaʊn/ (Canada, General-American)

Etymology

From ass + clown.

Meanings

1. (Canada, US, humorous, often, slang, sometimes, vulgar) A jerk; a buffoon; a person who is inept or ill-behaved to the point of being found laughable by others.
   • Near-synonyms: assmonkey, assmuncher
   • This newsgroup--misc.immigration.usa--has a wide range of posters, some of which have legitimate concerns about legal immigration. Do you like being the AssClown. Let these people be, let them ask their immigration question free from your xenophobic harassments. 1996 August 25, Ben Holstrom, “Re: Birth Certificate for Citizenship”, in misc.immigration.usa (Usenet), retrieved 04 Oct 2018, message-ID <3220c9cc.5271157@nntp.ix.netcom.com>:
2. (Canada, US, humorous, often, slang, sometimes, vulgar) A jerk; a buffoon; a person who uses their nature to bring humor to others, but ends up being the butt of a joke.
   • I'm a little loaded, and this assclown behind me has bumped me four times in a row. 2006, Brad Bauer, Hitting in the Clutch, iUniverse, published 2006, →ISBN, page 141:
   • Card is a raging homophobic assclown who believes that America should rise up violently and overthrow the government for any hint of support of same-sex marriage. 2012 June 19, Jef With One F, “5 Horrible Lessons Ender's Game Teaches Kids”, in Houston Press:
   • "Pretentious, ambitionless assclown," I corrected. 2006, Megan McCafferty, Charmed Thirds, Three Rivers Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 261:

Forms

Deriveds

assclownery

Relateds

asshat

Synonyms

assmuncher · assmonkey