asshole
//æshoʊl//
informalForms
- Plural
- assholes
Definitions
1.The anus.(vulgar)
- She said she couldn't wiggle when she had the doorknob in her asshole.
- 'You talk as if you were born without an asshole,' he cried to Commander Semmes.
- That homemade hot sauce of yours got me twice, both coming and going. My asshole is still sore.
2.A jerk; an inappropriately or objectionably mean, inconsiderate, contemptible, immoral, obnoxious, intrusive, stupid, or rude person.(offensive)
- My former landlord was a world-class asshole. Fortunately my current landlord is an actual human being.
- He philosophised all day about Morandi, Klee, Miró and Picasso, and was such an asshole that he spelled "cunt" with a "d".
3.Anything (especially a place) that is unpleasant or undesirable.(vulgar)
- Welcome to the Northeast, the asshole of America.
- You oughta have better sense than to trust anyone with anything in this asshole place.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4095
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Variant of earlier arsehole, from Middle English arshole, arcehoole, equivalent to ass + hole. Cognate with Norwegian rasshøl (“asshole”), Swedish arsle (“asshole”). Compare also German Arschloch (“asshole”). Attested from the 1370s, replacing earlier Old English earsþyrel (“anus”, literally “ass hole”).