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assholery en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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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 Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English assholery From asshole + -ery.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable, vulgar) Patterns of behavior consistent with those of an asshole.
   • And the incentives were perverse: In a culture war, assholery or hypocrisy against the other side can raise your status with allies. 2021 July 4, Conor Friedersdorf, “The Sexual Identity That Emerged on TikTok”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2021:
   • It was a piece of utter assholery of course, like the stupid confidence of a man who believes it's safe to drive when totally shitfaced as long as he's wearing his St. Christopher's medallion. 1983, Stephen King, Pet Sematary:
   • Garp felt dishonest with Cushie for not mentioning what he took to, be the utter assholery of her father, Fat Stew. 1976, John Irving, The World According to Garp:
   • Near-synonyms: assclownery, asshattery, assholedom, assholism, douchebaggery, douchery
   • As the War's front moves away from them, and the Casino becomes more and more a rear area, as the water grows more polluted and the prices rise, so the personnel coming down on leave get noisier and more dedicated to pure assholery—none of Tantivy's style about them, his habit of soft-shoe dancing when drunk, his make-believe foppishness and shy, decent impulses to conspire, however marginally, whenever possible, against power and indifference. 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 2: Une Perm au Casino Hermann Goering, page 209:

Forms

Relateds

assholocene

Synonyms

assclownery · assholedom · douchery · assholism · douchebaggery · asshattery

Translations (9)

nl klootzakkerij (assholery) · fr connardise (assholery) · sk hajzlovstvo (assholery) · de Arschlocherei (assholery) · ru мудачество (assholery) · hu seggfejség (assholery) · pt parvalheira (assholery) · cs hajzlovství (assholery) · pl dupkowatość (assholery)