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asswipe en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈæswaɪp/ (US)

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of ass + wipe. First use appears c. 1947 in the writings of Mari Sandoz.

Meanings

  1. (Canada, US, countable, derogatory, informal, mildly, offensive, vulgar) An annoying, contemptible, or worthless person.
    • He is such an asswipe!
    • ...they have been exchanging insults in writing: "dickhead," "dillweed," "fuzzbutt," "dorkwad," "asswipe," and so forth. 1996, Timothy Jay, What to Do When Your Students Talk Dirty, page 207:
  2. (Canada, US, informal, mildly, uncountable, vulgar) Toilet paper.
    • I doubt a dime would buy a single square of asswipe in this city, […] 2008, Joseph Heywood, Death Roe: A Woods Cop Mystery, Globe Pequot, page 252
    • “[…] Into your packs you put your toilet articles, mess kits, extra socks, and skivvies and longjohns if you have them. If you have a roll of asswipe, put that in, too. […]” 1983, Nicholas Proffitt, Gardens of Stone, Carroll & Graf, →ISBN, page 317:
    • I rapidly expended my own and everyone else’s supply of tiny C-ration rolls of asswipe and was reduced to wiping my nasty behind with leaves and grass. 1976, Micheal Clodfelter, The Pawns of Dishonor, Branden Press, →ISBN, page 249:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
arsewipe Commonwealth, Ireland, alternative lexicographic
asswipes Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

torchecul (toilet paper) · tail-napkin (toilet paper) · wipe-breech (toilet paper) · bumfodder (toilet paper) · buttwipe (toilet paper) · wipebreech (toilet paper) · arsewipe (toilet paper)

Translations (19)

fr peigne-cul (vulgar: annoying or worthless person) · sv skräptidning (dishonest periodical) · fr moule à merde (vulgar: annoying or worthless person) · pl srajtaśma (Something used to wipe one's anus after defecation) · fi roskalehti (dishonest periodical) · fr branquignol (vulgar: annoying or worthless person) · sv blaska (dishonest periodical) · fr jean-foutre (vulgar: annoying or worthless person) · fi persreikä (vulgar: annoying or worthless person) · fr torche-cul (Something used to wipe one's anus after defecation) · sv skithuspapper (Something used to wipe one's anus after defecation) · fi paskapaperi (Something used to wipe one's anus after defecation) · sv dasspapper (Something used to wipe one's anus after defecation) · fr PQ (Something used to wipe one's anus after defecation) · pl papier do dupy (Something used to wipe one's anus after defecation) · fr mou du bulbe (vulgar: annoying or worthless person) · fr torche-cul (dishonest periodical) · sv toalettpapper (Something used to wipe one's anus after defecation) · fr papier cul (Something used to wipe one's anus after defecation)

wikipedia: Mari Sandoz