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jerkass en · NOUN

Etymology

From jerk + ass.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, slang) An obnoxious or unlikeable person; a jerk.
   • Breaking up is fairly easy. Sometimes you have a jerkass who won't take the hint. 2003, Kim Corum, Heartbreaker, →ISBN, page 20:
   • Plus, we can always use a reminder that this city's music scene is plenty big, even if some teen jerkass from Washington doesn't think so. 2006 May 4, Sam Machkovech, “Awards Anticipation”, in Dallas Observer:
   • Braff has never impressed me as an actor of significant range, and he still doesn't. But this is a careful, subtle performance […] Considering what Michael does -- embark on a hot-and-heavy flirtation with a college-age gamine he meets at a friend's wedding -- it would have been easy to make the character a cliché of noncommittal jerkass dudeliness. 2006 September 15, Andrew O'Hehir, “"The Last Kiss"”, in Salon.com:

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fr connard (obnoxious or unlikeable person)