asshole en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /æshoʊl/ (US)
- (US) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English ass Proto-Germanic *hulaz Proto-Germanic *hulą Proto-West Germanic *hol Old English hol Middle English hole English hole English asshole Variant of earlier arsehole, from Middle English arshole, arcehoole, equivalent to ass + hole. Cognate with Norwegian rasshøl (“asshole”), Swedish arsle (“asshole”). Compare also German Arschloch (“asshole”). Attested from the 1370s, replacing earlier Old English earsþyrel (“anus”, literally “ass hole”). First recorded in Middle English, as ers hole (Glouc. Cath. Manuscript 19. No. I., dated 1379, cited after OED), ars-hole (Bodleian Ashmole MS. 1396, dated ca. 1400, ed. Robert Von Fleischhacker as Lanfrank's "Science of Cirurgie", EETS 102, 1894, cited after OED.) Slang figurative usage dates to the 20th century; it was used of an uninviting place (compare shithole) in the 1920s, and then of an anti-social or despicable person from at least the 1950s (Harvard Advocate 137, March 1954). It is also used appositionally (as in "You're an asshole moralist", T. Chamales, 1957).
Meanings
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(US, vulgar) The anus.
She said she couldn't wiggle when she had the doorknob in her asshole.
1910, “Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York Third Department”, in Google Books, retrieved 27 Jul 2014:'You talk as if you were born without an asshole,' he cried to Commander Semmes.
1954, Ira Wolfert, An Act of Love: A Completely Retold Version of the Novel, →OCLC, page 54:That homemade hot sauce of yours got me twice, both coming and going. My asshole is still sore.
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(US, derogatory, offensive, vulgar) A jerk; an inappropriately or objectionably mean, inconsiderate, contemptible, immoral, obnoxious, intrusive, stupid, or rude person.
She posted her story on Reddit to ask if she was, in fact, the asshole, and the results showed that she was not. […] They are the assholes for thinking they and their little crotch-spawn were special and exempt from the event guidelines.
2018 December 22, Ellen Scott, “Is this bride in the wrong for kicking a crying kid out of her wedding?”, in Metro, archived from the original on 22 Sep 2022:My former landlord was a world-class asshole. Fortunately my current landlord is an actual human being.
He philosophised all day about Morandi, Klee, Miró and Picasso, and was such an asshole that he spelled "cunt" with a "d".
1965, Jan Cremer, translated by R. E. Wyngaard and Alexander Trocchi, I, Jan Cremer, →OCLC, page 78:
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(US, broadly, qualifier:often appositional, vulgar) Anything (especially a place) that is unpleasant or undesirable.
... but when he started bugging the bartender to shut the asshole TV off because he wanted to have a serious discussion...
1979, Ronald Sukenick, Long Talking Bad Conditions Blues, →ISBN, page 83:You oughta have better sense than to trust anyone with anything in this asshole place.
1976, Felix Goodson, Sweet Salt, →ISBN, page 254:Welcome to the Northeast, the asshole of America.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| arsehole | Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, alternative | lexicographic | |
| assholes | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| basshole | alternative | lexicographic | |
| asswhole | alternative, humorous, nonstandard | lexicographic |
Deriveds
opinions are like assholes · askhole · jerkhole · assholic · assholocene · assholedom · asstard · paxhole · maskhole · rip someone a new asshole · asshole buddy · Masshole · douchehole · assholish · jackhole · assholehood · glasshole · cockhole · assholism · vaxhole · assholed · assholiness · assholery · dickhole · tear someone a new asshole · frathole · assholeness · harasshole · assholey
Relateds
assclown (a jerk or rude person) · dumbass (a jerk or rude person) · asshat (a jerk or rude person)
Synonyms
butthole · or Thesaurus:antonyms of pleasant · armpit · shithole · anus · dick (contemptible person) · jerk (contemptible person) · jerk · dump
Translations (228)
uk сра́ка (anus) · fr œil de bronze (anus) · ca imbècil (mean or rude person) · el κωλοτρυπίδα (anus) · sv dajmkryss (anus) · th ก้น (anus) · ja 尻穴 (anus) · bg гъз (anus) · eo aĉulo (mean or rude person) · ga clasán (anus) · ja クソ野郎 (mean or rude person) · es cojudo (mean or rude person) · fi kusipää (mean or rude person) · es atorrante (mean or rude person) · da røvhul (mean or rude person) · is fífl (mean or rude person) · jv bajingan (mean or rude person) · es conchasumadre (mean or rude person) · la irrumātor (mean or rude person) · id brengsek (mean or rude person) · mt it-toqba ta’ sormok (mean or rude person) · uk засра́нець (mean or rude person) · uk ду́па (anus) · fa کسکش (mean or rude person) · ru сво́лочь (mean or rude person) · sw m'kundu (mean or rude person) · mk чмар (anus) · kk қотақбас (mean or rude person) · bn হোগা (anus) · sh а́нус (anus) · ru говню́к (mean or rude person) · ru уёбище (mean or rude person) · pl kutas (mean or rude person) · ru па́дла (mean or rude person) · pt cabrão (mean or rude person) · ja バカ (mean or rude person) · es ojete (anus) · fa سوراخ کون (anus) · el μαλάκας (mean or rude person) · cs prdel (anus) · ro găoază (anus) · es comemierda (mean or rude person) · yue 屎眼 (anus) · sh séronja (mean or rude person) · ro cur (anus) · pl cham (mean or rude person) · la pōdex (anus) · it ano (anus) · pt babaca (mean or rude person) · hi गांड (anus) · ca anus (anus) · ru муда́к (mean or rude person) · es mamawebo (mean or rude person) · es pendejo (mean or rude person) · da røvhul (anus) · uk гад (mean or rude person) · ur مورکھ (mean or rude person) · pl dziadyga (mean or rude person) · bg задник (anus) · sv rövhål (mean or rude person) · ru паску́да (mean or rude person) · tl kupal (anus) · ja 糞垂れ (mean or rude person) · lb Aaschlach (anus) · ru гад (mean or rude person) · vi đít (anus) · gl ollo do cu (anus) · cs řiť (anus) · vo kül (anus) · sv arsel (mean or rude person) · sv arsle (mean or rude person) · sh шу́пак (anus) · pl gadzina (mean or rude person) · pt parvalhão (mean or rude person) · de Mistkerl (mean or rude person) · es cretino (mean or rude person) · sq vrimë e bythës (anus) · ur گانڈ (anus) · sh šúpak (anus) · sh шу̀пчина (mean or rude person) · pt cu (anus) · pl gad (mean or rude person) · ru засра́нец (mean or rude person) · fr coupe-cigare (anus) · he חור תחת (mean or rude person) · es boludo (mean or rude person) · mk мо́чко (mean or rude person) · fi persereikä (mean or rude person) · fr trou du cul (anus) · ms dubur (anus) · ru уёбок (mean or rude person) · uk підора́с (mean or rude person) · hu segglyuk (anus) · cs vosel (mean or rude person) · fi perseenreikä (anus) · yue 屎忽鬼 (mean or rude person) · km ក្ដិត (anus) · jv jancok (mean or rude person) · cmn 傻屄 (mean or rude person) · fi perseaukko (anus) · ko 머저리 (mean or rude person) · ru очко́ (anus) · hu seggfej (mean or rude person) · es pelotudo (mean or rude person) · ro găozar (mean or rude person) · lo ຮູຂີ້ (anus) · cy twll tin (anus) · sh šúpak (mean or rude person) · cmn 混球 (mean or rude person) · sh ànālnī òtvor (anus) · cs blbec (mean or rude person) · fr rondelle (anus) · fi persereikä (anus) · is rassgat (anus) · bg задник (mean or rude person) · ja けつの穴 (anus) · es patán (mean or rude person) · pt olho do cu (anus) · pl padalec (mean or rude person) · tr göt deliği (anus) · cmn 屁眼 (anus) · it testa di cazzo (mean or rude person) · be хуйло́ (mean or rude person) · id bajingan (mean or rude person) · bg гъз (mean or rude person) · grc πρωκτός (anus) · de Arschloch (anus) · pl dupa (anus) · ka არამზადა (mean or rude person) · mt toqbi (mean or rude person) · ga poll tóna (anus) · fi paskiainen (mean or rude person) · hu faszfej (mean or rude person) · uk сволота́ (mean or rude person) · nl lul (mean or rude person) · sh šùpčina (mean or rude person) · mk шу́пак (anus) · no rasshøl (mean or rude person) · roa-opt olho do cuu (anus) · tr göt (mean or rude person) · sk riť (anus) · gl cu (anus) · nl hufter (mean or rude person) · sv arsle (anus) · my ဖင် (anus) · kl iteq (anus) · sah эмэһэ (anus) · es tarado (mean or rude person) · pl dziad (mean or rude person) · kk жопа (anus) · sv rövhål (anus) · ms jubur (anus) · vi lỗ đít (anus) · es gilipollas (mean or rude person) · ru мудоёб (mean or rude person) · zza qula qen (anus) · vo külahog (anus) · ru хуйло́ (mean or rude person) · fr connard (mean or rude person) · pt pentelho (mean or rude person) · ga clasán (mean or rude person) · lb Aaschlach (mean or rude person) · ru сра́ка (anus) · es estúpido (mean or rude person) · eo pugtruo (anus) · sw mkundu (anus) · pl dupek (mean or rude person) · ar فتحة الشرج (anus) · nl kontgat (anus) · es culo (anus) · it chiavica (mean or rude person) · nl reet (anus) · ga gléas (mean or rude person) · uk муда́к (mean or rude person) · lv dirsas caurums (anus) · ms bangsat (mean or rude person) · mk шу́пак (mean or rude person) · fr trou du cul (mean or rude person) · kk нашар жігіт (mean or rude person) · id bangsat (mean or rude person) · be муда́к (mean or rude person) · sk kokot (mean or rude person) · sv brunöga (anus) · uk гівню́к (mean or rude person) · pl zasraniec (mean or rude person) · sh шу́пак (mean or rude person) · nl klootzak (mean or rude person) · ja ケツ (anus) · sv tvåan (anus) · ro găoază (mean or rude person) · is asni (mean or rude person) · no rasshøl (anus) · pt cuzão (mean or rude person) · is hálfviti (mean or rude person) · eo pugtruulo (mean or rude person) · ru жо́пошник (mean or rude person) · es capullo (mean or rude person) · be ду́па (anus) · hi चूतिया (mean or rude person) · ru пидора́с (mean or rude person) · sh а̀на̄лнӣ о̀твор (anus) · sh ánus (anus) · ar بَوْش (mean or rude person) · el πρωκτός (anus) · it buco del culo (anus) · yue 仆街 (mean or rude person) · eo anusulo (mean or rude person) · jv silit (anus) · id keparat (mean or rude person) · it stronzo (mean or rude person) · de Wichser (mean or rude person) · kea kara d'ku (mean or rude person) · lt šiknaskylė (anus) · ko 좆대가리 (mean or rude person) · ang earsþyrel (anus) · sh се́роња (mean or rude person) · is drullusokkur (mean or rude person) · fo reyvarhol (mean or rude person) · ko 항문 (anus) · he חור תחת \ חֹר תַּחַת (anus) · es imbécil (mean or rude person) · ru жо́па (anus) · es culero (mean or rude person) · uk хуйло́ (mean or rude person) · ka პროჭი (anus) · se bahtaráigi (anus) · de Arschloch (mean or rude person) · jv bangsat (mean or rude person)