asshole

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1. USvulgarThe anus.

   That homemade hot sauce of yours got me twice, both coming and going. My asshole is still sore.

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   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

2. USderogatoryoffensivevulgarA jerk; an inappropriately or objectionably mean, inconsiderate, contemptible, immoral, obnoxious, intrusive, stupid, or rude person.

   My former landlord was a world-class asshole. Fortunately my current landlord is an actual human being.

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   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

   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

   Synonyms: jerk, dick

3. USbroadlyvulgaroften appositionalAnything (especially a place) that is unpleasant or undesirable.

   Welcome to the Northeast, the asshole of America.

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   You oughta have better sense than to trust anyone with anything in this asshole place.

   1976, Felix Goodson, Sweet Salt, →ISBN, page 254

   ... 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

   Synonyms: butthole, armpit, shithole, dump

plural assholes · alternative esshole

1. Northern EnglandScotlandUSobsoleteA receptacle under a fire grate for collecting ashes; an ash-hole.

   Esshole, Asshole, the hole under the fire to hold ashes.

   1775, Tim Bobbin [John Collier], The Miscellaneous Works of Tim Bobbin, Esq., →OCLC, page 68