Meanings
plural arse bandits · alternative arse-bandit
- CommonwealthIrelandUKalternativederogatoryslangAlternative form of ass bandit, a gay man.
[...] all the sodomites and catamites, poncey sausage jockeys, arse bandits, turd burglars and fudge packers, fur burger-licking carpet munchers, gormless imbeciles, morons, geeks, cretins and retards […]
2011, Bruce Mason, The Telomere Conspiracy, page 961 more example
DS Gavin Troy: But why would they want to kill her? Unless it was adultery. I suppose they could have been arse bandits. DCI Tom Barnaby: What? Troy: In the wood. Barnaby: You mean homosexuals, Troy. Troy: Well, that's what I said. Barnaby: You are as politically correct as a Nuremberg rally.
1997 March 23, Anthony Horowitz et al., “The Killings at Badger's Drift”, in Midsomer Murders
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From arse + bandit. Cf. turd burglar.
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