Meanings
alternative up one's own arse
- CanadaUSidiomaticvulgarHaving an excessively high opinion of oneself, excessively preoccupied with one's own affairs, or lost in self-regarding abstraction.
19 February 2006 Sunday People - EXCLUSIVE: ON ME WEB CAM, SON! Just like Leslie Grantham who also slagged off his costars, Forgeham blasted Zoe as "egotistical" and said she was "full of herself...and up her own ass"
2 more examples
16 February 2003, The Times - Motor Racing: Coulthard’s driving passion [David Coulthard on Michael Schumacher] Considering the success and money he's earned, it'd be easy for him to disappear so far up his own arse, but he hasn't; there's something down-to-earth there
It's nice to be able to look back on the thing, because I was so up my own ass at the time about everything that it was hard to enjoy all the craziness...
9 December 2003 The Advocate (magazine) No. 904Synonyms: up oneself
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseHaving an excessively high opinion of oneself, excessively preoccupied with one's own affairs, or lost in self-regarding abstraction.
Cite this entry
up one's own ass. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20one's%20own%20ass
“up one's own ass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20one's%20own%20ass. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “up one's own ass,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20one's%20own%20ass.
Source: up one's own ass on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.