assholery

English

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Etymology

asshole + -ery

Noun

assholery (countable and uncountable, plural assholeries)

  1. (vulgar) Patterns of behavior consistent with that of an asshole.
    • 1973 As the War's front moves away from them, and the Casino becomes more and more a rear area, as the water grows more polluted and the prices rise, so the personnel coming down on leave get noisier and more dedicated to pure assholery - none of Tantivy's style about them, his habit of soft-shoe dancing when drunk, his make-believe foppishness and shy, decent impulses to conspire, however marginally, whenever possible, against power and indifference. Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
    • 1973 Decisions are never really made - at best they manage to emerge, from a chaos of peeves, whims, hallucinations and all-round assholery. Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow
    • 1976 Garp felt dishonest with Cushie for not mentioning what he took to, be the utter assholery of her father, Fat Stew. John Irving, The World According to Garp
    • 1983 It was a piece of utter assholery of course, like the stupid confidence of a man who believes it's safe to drive when totally shitfaced as long as he's wearing his St. Christopher's medallion. Stephen King, Pet Sematary

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