• ASS HAMMER
n. 1970 Amer. sl. – a motorcycle
• ASSHAT
n. 1999 – a stupid or contemptible person; a fool
• ASS-HEAD
n. a1500 colloq. – a blockhead; a stupid person; a fool; an idiot
• ASS-HEADED
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – foolish; silly; witless
• ASS-HIGH TO A TALL INDIAN
phr. L19 US sl. – an unspecified measure of height, usually not very tall
• ASSHOLE
adj. 1. 1888 US sl. – stupid, irritating, contemptible, despicable, unpleasant, worthless, obnoxious
adj. 2. 20C US – bad, rotten
n. 1. a1500 sl. – the anus or rectum
n. 2. c1784 sl. – a foolish, unpleasant, or despicable person
n. 3. 1859 Amer. sl. – the most detestable spot in a given area; a detestable place
n. 4. 1959 Amer. dial. – in logging: a kink in the logging cable
n. 5. 1964 Amer. sl. – anal copulation; hence, a person, esp. a male homosexual, regarded as an object of anal copulation
n. 6. 1968 Amer. sl., esp. military – a bullet wound; a serious wound
n. 7. 1968 Amer. sl., esp. military – a violent rebuke
n. 8. 1973 Amer. sl. – one’s body, person, or self
n. 9. M20 US sl. – a very good pal or buddy
vb. 1. 1940 Amer. sl. – to grovel, to submit or behave obsequiously
vb. 2. 1986 US military sl. – of a guided missile: to strike a jet aircraft squarely from behind
• ASSHOLE AROUND
vb. 1968 Amer. sl. – to loaf; to trifle; to wander idly about; to loiter to waste time
• ASSHOLE BANDIT
n. 1970 Amer. sl. – an anal sodomist
• ASSHOLE-BREATH
n. 1960s US sl. – a term of contempt
• ASSHOLE BUDDY
n. 1. 1942 Amer. sl. – a best friend; a close friend
n. 2. 1953 Amer. sl. – a partner in anal intercourse, esp. reciprocal anal intercourse; used derisively
• ASSHOLE-DEEP
adj. 1. 1963 Amer. sl. – very deep; of a depth sufficient to reach one’s rump
adj. 2. 1963 Amer. sl. – deeply involved with; having a superabundance of
• ASSHOLE FOR A HOBBY-HORSE
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a non-existent item; used to put off a child when bothersome or inquisitive, as when they ask ‘What are you making?”
• ASS-HOLE FRIEND
n. M20 US sl. – a good friend or buddy
• ASSHOLE MALARIA
n. 1961 Amer. sl. – malaria with dysentery
• ASSHOLE NAKED
adj. 1969 US sl. – completely naked
• ASSHOLE OF CREATION
n. 1926 Amer. sl. – a detestable place; a remote, desolate place
• ASSHOLE OF THE FORTY-EIGHT
n. 1962 Amer. sl. – the state of Georgia
• ASSHOLE OF THE LAND
n. 1927 Amer. sl. – a detestable place
• ASSHOLE OF THE UNIVERSE
n. 1950 sl. – a detestable place
• ASSHOLE OF THE WORLD
n. 1959 Amer. sl. – a detestable place
• ASSHOLES AND ELBOWS
phr. 1987 US sl. – said of a chaotic situation
• ASSHOLES FOR HOBBY HORSES
phr. 1965 Amer. dial. – said to a child when he asks “What are you making?”
• ASSHOLE-SUCKER
n. 1934 Amer. sl. – a violent term of abuse
• ASSHOLE TO APPETITE
adv.1967 Amer. sl. – from end to end, thoroughly, totally
• ASSHOLE TO BELLY BUTTON
adj. 1973 US sl. – said of people pressed close together, one behind the other
• ASSHOLINGEST
adj. 1972 Amer. sl. – most idiotic
• ASSHORANCE
n. 1908 Amer. dial. – assurance
• ASSHOUND
n. 1. 1952 Amer. sl. – a man who obsessively seeks opportunities for sexual intercourse; a womanizer; a ‘skirt chaser’
n. 2. 1980s US homosexual sl. – one who enjoys anal intercourse and is primarily sexually attracted by the buttocks
• ASSIE-PAN
n. 1923 Sc. – a drudge, a Cinderella
• ASSIEPATTLE
n. 1825 Sc. – a neglected or dirty child; a Cinderella, a drudge, a lazy person; a term of contempt for the young of animals
• ASSIE-PET
n. 1825 Sc. – an idle slattern; a neglected or dirty child
• ASSIEPOD
n. 1856 Sc. – a dirty slatternly woman
• ASSIFIED
adj. 1. 1965 Barbados sl. – foolish
adj. 2. 1996 Guyana sl. – pompous
• ASSIG
n. 1796 sl. – assignation, meeting, rendezvous
• ASSIGN
vb. 1837 Amer. dial. – to sign
• ASSIGNATION
n. L17 – a rendezvous for illicit romance or sex with a lover or prostitute
• ASSIGNATION HOUSE
n. 1. 19C euphemism – a brothel
n. 2. 20C sl. – a place to meet for an illicit romance; any ‘house’ or hotel where such meetings take place
• ASSINEGER
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a fool, a simpleton, a stupid person
• ASSINEGO
n. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – an ass
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a fool, a simpleton, a stupid person
• ASS-IN-THE-GRASS
adj. 1973 US military sl. – engaged in combat, under fire
• ASS-IN-THE-GRASS TEST
n. 1990 US Vietnam war usage – a rough approximation of the percentage of troops actually in combat at a given moment
• ASSIPOD
n. 1856 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a dirty, slatternly woman
• ASSISHNESS
n. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago – pure stupidity
• ASSIST
n. 1. 1990s sl. – back-up, usually in the form of physical power
n. 2. 1990s sl. – the person drawn in to provide back-up
• ASSKASH
n. 1950s US drugs sl. – a supply of narcotics, concealed in the rectum, usually in a metal container
• ASS-KICK
n. 1. 1973 Amer. sl. – an exceedingly hard task
n. 2. 1970s US sl. – a punishment, a beating
• ASS-KICKER
n. 1. 1960s US sl. – an unpleasant place; a challenging situation
n. 2. 1967 Amer. sl. – a person who habitually employs physical violence as a form of coercion; a tough disciplinarian; a bully
n. 3. 1968 Amer. dial. – a shoe, esp. a man’s sharply pointed shoe
n. 4. 1971 Amer. sl. – a person or thing considered to be remarkably exciting, amusing, successful, etc.
n. 5. 1973 Amer. sl. – an exceedingly difficult task or opponent
• ASS-KICKING
adj. 1. 1960s US sl. – a general intensifier, extremely, very much, powerfully
adj. 2. 1977 Amer. sl. – terribly exciting; sensational, very good
adj. 3. 1970s sl. – forceful, aggressive, vicious, thuggish
n. 1. 1943 Amer. sl. – a beating; defeat
n. 2. M20 sl. – forceful or aggressive behaviour
• ASS-KISS
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – one who curries favour; a toady
vb. 1961 Amer. sl. – to curry favour with in a self-degrading manner; to toady; to behave obsequiously to
• ASS-KISSER
n. 1766 sl., chiefly US – an obsequious person; a toady, a sycophant
• ASS-KISSING
adj. 1952 Amer. sl. – obsequious, sycophantic
n. 1942 sl., chiefly US – obsequious behaviour; toadying
• ASSLE
vb. c1960 Amer. dial. – to loaf; to idle about restlessly; to be lazy and aimless
• ASSLE AROUND
vb. 1. 1920 Amer. sl. – to fidget; to trifle
vb. 2. 1920 Amer. sl. – to loaf, to wander idly about
• ASSLE-TOOTH
n. 1788 Ireland & Eng. dial. – a molar tooth
• ASS-LICK
n. 1977 Amer. sl. – one who abjectly curries favour; a toady
vb. 1937 Amer. sl. – to curry favour in a self-degrading manner; to toady
• ASS-LICKER
n. 1. 1939 Amer. dial. – one who curries favour; a toady
n. 2. 1969 Amer. dial. – a homosexual man
n. 3. 1972 Amer. sl. – a term of abuse
• ASS-LICKING
adj. 1939 Amer. sl. – obsequious, sycophantic; hence, despicable, goddamned
n. 1. 1912 Amer. sl. – abject and degrading flattery
n. 2. 1923 US sl. – oral stimulation of the anus by a sexual partner
• ASS LIKE THE BACK OF A HACK
n. 1916 Amer. sl. – a broad bottom
• ASSLOAD(S)
n. 1957 Amer. sl. – a great deal; too many or too much
• ASS-MAN
n. 1. c1470 obs. – a man who drives or hires out asses
n. 2. 1954 US sl. – a sexually active man; one who is able to ‘score’ frequently
n. 3. M20 US sl. – a man who is sexually aroused by shapely feminine buttocks; a man who is attracted to a particular woman because of her shapely buttocks
• ASSMANSHIP
n. 1788 rare – the art or practice of riding on an ass
• ASS-MASTER
n. 1990s US college sl. – a term of abuse
• ASS MUNCH
n. 1996 US sl. – a person who is easily despised
• ASSMUNCHER
n. 2003 US sl. – a despised person
• ASSNEGER
n. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – an ass
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. – a fool, a simpleton, a stupid person
• ASSOCIATES
n. 1980s African-American sl. – friends
• ASSOCIATION
n. 1824 Amer. dial. – an annual religious gathering
• ASS-OFF
n. 1960s US college sl. – a time-waster
• ASSOL
n. 1870 Ireland – an ass
• ASS ON BACKWARDS
adj. 2000s sl. – drunk
• ASS ON FIRE
phr. 1983 – said of a person who is either angry or rushed (US sl.)
• ASSOPIATE
vb. 1649 – to lull, to calm, to assuage; to lay at rest, to put an end to (obs.)
• ASSORTED
adj. 1894 – dressed up, overdressed (Sc.)
• ASS OUT
adj. Bk2006 – broke, penniless (US sl.)
adv. 1995 – (as ‘ass-out’) extremely (US sl.)
n. 2000s – an inmate who has neither advantages nor respect (US prison sl.)
vb. 1. 1990s – to make a fool of oneself (US students’ sl.)
vb. 2. 1990s – to rush away (African-American sl.)
vb. 3. 2000s – to go to sleep (US students’ sl.)
• ASS-OVER-APPETITE
adv. 1. 1943 – head-over-heels, topsy-turvy (Amer. dial.)
adv. 2. 1969 – in all directions, confusedly (Amer. dial.)
• ASS-OVER-APPLECART
adv. 1. 1943 – head-over-heels, topsy-turvy (Amer. dial.)
adv. 2. 1969 – in all directions, confusedly (Amer. dial.)
• ASS-OVER-ELBOW
adv. 1972 – head over heels, end over end, topsy-turvy; in confusion (Amer. sl.)
• ASS-OVER-ENDWAYS
adv. 1. 1943 – head-over-heels, topsy-turvy (Amer. dial.)
adv. 2. 1969 – in all directions, confusedly (Amer. dial.)
• ASS-OVER-HEAD
adv. 1. 1899 – head-over-heels, topsy-turvy (Amer. dial.)
adv. 2. 1969 – in all directions, confusedly (Amer. dial.)
• ASS OVER TEA CUPS
adv. 1948 – head over heels (US sl.)
• ASS-OVER-TEAKETTLE
adv. 1. 1948 – head over heels, end over end, topsy-turvy; in confusion (Amer. sl.)
adv. 2. 1969 – in all directions, confusedly (Amer. dial.)
• ASS-OVER-TIN CUP(S)
adv. 1. 1963 – head over heels, end over end, topsy-turvy; in confusion (Amer. sl.)
adv. 2. 1969 – in all directions, confusedly (Amer. dial.)
• ASS-OVER-TIP
adv. 1976 – head over heels, end over end, topsy-turvy; in confusion (Amer. sl.)
• ASS-OVER-TIT
adv. 1938 – head over heels, end over end, topsy-turvy; in confusion (Amer. sl.)
• ASS PACK
n. 1952 – a fanny pack; a small pouch on a belt, for money and other valuables, worn round the waist or hips (US sl.)
• ASS PAPER
n. 1939 – toilet paper (US sl.)
• ASS-PEDDLER
n. 1. 1942 US sl. – anyone who sells their body, as a prostitute, male or female
n. 2. 20C US sl. – a pimp, a procurer
• ASS PIRATE
n. 1980s US sl. – a male homosexual
• ASS-POOTS
n. 1968 Amer. sl. – beans
• ASS PRO
n. 1960s Aust. & US sl. – a male homosexual prostitute
• ASS QUEEN
n. 1980s US homosexual sl. – one whose primary area of sexual interest is the buttocks
• ASS RAIDER
n. 1. 1980s US sl. – a male homosexual
n. 2. 1980s US homosexual sl. – the active partner in anal intercourse
• ASS-RIPPER
n. 1. 1965 Amer. dial. – a dive in which the diver strikes the water buttocks-first
n. 2. 1968 US college sl. – a difficult course or examination
• ASS-SCRATCHER
n. 1. 1934 Amer. sl. – an idler; a loafer
n. 2. 1990s US sl. – something that makes one think
• ASS’S GALLOP
n. 2003 Irish sl. – a brief period of time
• ASS-SHIP
n. 1610 obs. – the condition or quality of being an ass
• ASS-SIDE-BEFORE
adv. 1969 Amer. dial. – backwards, inside out, in reversed position
• ASS-SUCKER
n. 1943 Amer. sl. – one who curries favour; a toady, a sycophant
• ASSTERIORS
n. 20C US sl. – the buttocks
• ASS-TICKLER
n. 1972 – something amusing → Amer. sl.
• ASS-TIGHT
adj. 1. 1960 – very tight → Amer. sl.
adj. 2. 1966 – of friends: very close → Amer. sl.
adj. 3. 1966 – very efficient → Amer. sl.
• ASS TIME
n. 1994 – time wasted sitting around → US sl.
• ASS-TO AND EVERY WHICHAWAY
adv. 1930 – backwards; askew; upside-down → Amer. sl.
• ASS-TO-ELBOW
adj. 1980 – extremely crowded → US sl.
• ASSUEFACTION
n. 1644 – the state of being accustomed, or the act of accustoming; use; habituation → obs.
• ASS-UGLY
adj. 1990 – very unattractive → US sl.
• ASSUMACY
n. 1940 – presumption → Amer. dial.
• ASSUME THE ANGLE
vb. 1940 – to kneel for punishment doled out as part of a hazing ritual → US sl.
• ASSUME THE POSITION
vb. 1940 – to kneel for punishment doled out as part of a hazing ritual → US sl.
• ASS UP
vb. 1. 1932 – to botch, to spoil something; to mess up → Amer. sl.
vb. 2. 2000 – to take drugs; to get intoxicated on drugs → African-American sl.
• ASS UP TO
vb. 1970 – to toady to, to curry favour → Amer. dial.
• ASS UP TO TEACUP
adv. 1967 – completely, thoroughly, from head to toe → Amer. dial.
• ASS WATCHER
n. 1950 – one who walks the streets looking for a potential sexual partner → US homosexual sl.
• ASS-WAXING
n. 1967 – a thrashing, a trouncing, a beating → Amer. sl.
• ASSWAYS
adv. 1934 – backwards; askew; upside-down → Amer. sl.
• ASS-WHIPPED
adj. 1974 – physically exhausted → Amer. sl.
• ASS-WHIPPING
n. 1825 – a severe beating; also, in a contest, a decisive defeat
• ASS-WIPE
n. 1. 1942 – invasion currency → US military sl.
n. 2. 1947 – nonsense, rubbish → sl., orig. US
n. 3. 1952 – a worthless, contemptible person, esp. if also obsequious; one who curries favour; a toady; a useless, annoying person → Amer. sl.
n. 4. 1958 – material for wiping the anus; toilet paper → Amer. sl.
• ASS-WIPER
n. 1. 1950 – one who abjectly curries favour; a toady → Amer. sl.
n. 2. 1950 – toilet paper → sl.
n. 3. 1960 – a severe heroin addiction → drug culture sl.
n. 4. 1966 – something overpoweringly difficult to deal with → Amer. sl.
• ASSWOMAN
n. 1728 – a woman who drives or hires out asses → obs.
• ASSWOMANSHIP
n. 1803 – the art or practice of riding on an ass, as demonstrated by a woman → obs.
• ASSY
adj. 1. ..20C – of the seat of a pair of trousers or skirt: shiny → Amer. sl.
adj. 2. ..E20 – uppity, overbearing, brash → US
adj. 3. 1980 – mean; malicious; stubborn; impolite; sarcastic; debased → sl.
adj. 4. 2000 – insignificant, second-rate, unimportant → African-American sl.
• ASSY-FUSSY
adv. 1967 – backside foremost; in reverse position, inside out → Amer. dial.
• ASSYPET
n. 1870 – an idle or slatternly woman; a dirty little creature → Sc. & Ireland
• ASSYPOD
n. 1856 – a dirty, slatternly woman → Sc. & Eng. dial.
• ASTAMAGOOTIS
n. 1980 – a restless person; a worrywart → Amer. dial.
• ASTARD-BA
n. 1930 – a bastard → semi back-slang
• A-STATE
n. 2002 – Arkansas → US sl.
• ASTE
n. E17 – money → UK criminals’ sl.
• ASTEAD
adv. 1856 – instead → Eng. dial.
• ASTEER
adv. 1794 – moving about, active, bustling → Sc.
• ASTERISK
n. 1900 – used for any unspecified profanity → Aust. euphemism
• ASTERN (OF) THE LIGHTER
adj. 1891 – tardy, late, behind, lagging behind → Amer. sl.
• AS THE ACTRESS SAID TO THE BISHOP
phr. 1930 – used after a remark, turning what may have been a perfectly innocent comment into a sexual innuendo; e.g. ‘pull it out and we’ll see how long it is…as the actress said to the bishop’ → sl.
• AS THE CAT JUMPS
adv. 1942 – eventually → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• ASTHENOPHOBIA
n. 1991 – an abnormal fear of weakness (Bk.)
• AS THE SKUA FLIES
phr. 1936 – in a straight line → Antarctica usage
• AS THEY BREW, SO LET THEM BAKE
phr. 1599 – as they begin, so let them proceed
• ASTHMA
n. 1940 – a company wit; one full of ‘wheezes’ (jokes) → Amer. sl.
• ASTHMATICS
n. 1816 – asthma → Sc.
• ASTHMA DOG
n. 1953 – a chihuahua → Amer. dial.
• ASTHMY
n. 1938 – asthma → Amer. sl.
• ASTHORE
n. 1869 – a term of endearment, my treasure!→ (Ireland
• ASTONATE
adj. 1513 – astounded → obs.
• ASTONIED
adj. 1388 – astonished, in consternation
• ASTONISHER
n. 1888 Amer. – an exclamation point → Amer. journalists’ sl.
• ASTON VILLA
n. 1. 1990 – a pillow → rhyming sl.
n. 2. 1990 – a pillar → rhyming sl.
• ASTONY
vb. 1340 – to stun, astonish, astound, bewilder; to terrify, to confound with fear or amazement → arch.
• ASTOOP
adv. 1889 – of an aged person: bent, stooping → Eng. dial.
• ASTOOR
adv. 1863 – speedily, shortly, very quickly → Eng. dial.
• ASTORBILT
n. 1. 1965 – a member of the ‘best society’ of a community → Amer. jocular usage
n. 2. 1969 – a person who overdresses → Amer. jocular usage
• ASTORE
adv. 1863 – speedily, shortly, very quickly → Eng. dial.
• ASTORPERIOUS
adj. 1935 – haughty, arrogant → Amer. dial..
• ASTOR’S PET COW
n. 1. 1967 – a self-important person; an arrogant or haughty person → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1967 – an overly dressed-up or made-up person → Amer. dial.
• ASTOR’S PET HORSE
n. 1. 1967 – a self-important person → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1967 – an overly dressed-up or made-up person → Amer. dial.
• ASTOR’S PET PONY
n. 1. 1967 – a self-important person → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1967 – an overly dressed-up or made-up person → Amer. dial.
• ASTOR’S PET POODLE
n. 1967 – a self-important person; an arrogant or haughty person → Amer. dial.
• ASTOR’S PLUSH HORSE
n. 1. 1967 – a self-important person → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1950 – an overly dressed-up or made-up person → Amer. dial.
• ASTOUND
adj. 1764 – astonished; stunned → Sc. & Eng. dial., obs.
• ASTRAGALOMANCY
n. 1991 – divination involving dice or knuckle-bones, in which letters are marked on the faces of the dice and the future is foretold from the words formed as the dice fall (Bk.)
• ASTRAPHOBIA
n. 1871 – a fear of lightning, or of thunderstorms accompanied by lightning
• ASTRAPOPHOBIA
n. 1991 – an abnormal fear of lightning (Bk.)
• ASTRE
n. 1500 – a hearth; a home → obs.
• ASTREN
adj. 1898 – having a frightful or ghastly appearance → Sc. (Bk.)
• ASTRIDDLE
adv. 1898 – astride; with the legs wide apart → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• ASTRIDDLING
adj. 1875 – sitting astride → Eng. dial.
• ASTROLATRY
n. 1991 – the worship of the heavenly bodies (Bk.)
• ASTROMANCY
n. 1991 – divination by observation of the stars (Bk.)
• ASTRONAUT
n. 1. 1880 – a (fictional) spacecraft → obs.
n. 2. 1990 – a ‘high-flying’ business person; esp. one who remains working in one country (typically in E. Asia) after his or her family has emigrated to another, and who frequently commutes between the two → sl.
n. 3. 2003 – the buttocks; the anus → US sl.
• ASTRONOMER
n. 19C – a horse carrying its head high → sl.
• ASTRONOMIC
adj. 1923 – of numbers, distances, etc.: very large → colloq.
• ASTRONOMICAL
adj. 1871 – of numbers, distances, etc.: very large → colloq.
• ASTRONOMICALLY
adv. 1949 – very, extremely (small, large, etc.) → colloq.
• ASTROPHILE
n. 1991 – a person strongly attracted to knowledge about the stars (Bk.)
• ASTROPHOBIA
n. 1991 – an abnormal fear of the stars (Bk.)
• ASTROSCOPY
n. 19C – observation of the stars → obs.
• ASTRO TRAVEL
n. 1970 – imaginary space travel while under the influence of a psychedelic or psychotropic drug → US drug culture sl.
• ASTRO TURF
n. 2003 – marijuana → UK sl.
• ASTROUT
adv. 1869 – stretched out stiffly → Eng. dial.
• ASTRUT
adv. 1898 – stretched out; projecting → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• ASTUCIOUS
adj. 1823 – astute, subtle, crafty, cunning, shrewd
• ASWAIP
adv. 1898 – aslant, on one side → Sc. & Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• ASWASH
adv. 1898 – awry, aslant → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• ASWEE
adj. 1927 – swinging, on the swing → Sc.
• ASWIM
adv. 1792 – afloat, covered with water → Sc.
• ASWINT
adv. 1896 – awry, crooked, obliquely → Eng. dial.
• ASWIR
adv. 1898 – diagonally, aslant → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• ASWISH
adv. 1898 – aslant, slantwise → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• ASWOON
adv. 1386 – in a swoon
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