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PrintOn-Line Etymology: What, Exactly, is an Ass-Hat?
News Type: Other — Wed Jul 2, 2008 11:29 PM EDT
Which one is the ass-hat? I am so confused...(photo credit: helpbuythebeer.org)
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One of my many responsibilities in my so-called day job is to facilitate large groups of people toward achieving consensus views on knotty strategic issues. It's often an emotionally draining task that leaves me wrung out and about as energetic as Steven Wright on an Oxycontin binge.
That's the main reason I tend to stay clear of those parts of Newsvine where flamewars have a tendency to break out and also the explanation for why I never weighed in on the torturous Hilllary vs Obama NV sufferfest...so much of what follows is based on hearsay, rather than personal experience.
Nevertheless, I have it on very good authority that there are those who are sometimes referred to as Ass-Hats among our number on Newsvine (don't look around; you know who you are), a phenomenon I find intensely interesting for no reason I can rationally explain without resorting to dubious Freudian observations about early childhood and anal expulsion.
But what I am most fascinated by is the etymology of this designation: Ass-Hat.
It has become so engrained in our lexicon that no less an online heavyweight than YouTube features an Ass-Hat of the Week award. Since 2005, there has been a site called Ass Hat Nation, and it would appear that sober and thoughtful television dramas like Boston Legal have joined the asshattery, with a 2005 episode titled The Ass Hat Jungle.
As is usual with emerging lexical cotton candy, big-name celebrities have glommed onto the reflected sheen of the Ass-Hat phenomenon with public figures such as Senate ejecta Rick Santorum having been tagged with the term, as well as perennial pee-er in the establishment punchbowl, Bill Maher (it's nice to know that the Ass-Hat label is politically non-biased). They've been joined in the bilabial headgear fraternity by none other than that bearded and venerable old gent Uncle Sam and defrocked Dem brain-truster Terry McAuliffe.
A varied crowd, indeed -- a tribute to the astonishing agility of this rude-yet-vague razzberry of a put-down.
Since I never encounted it before venturing into the online world, I am tiptoeing to the conclusion that the term Ass-Hat is yet another manifestation of online culture, like trolls, spammers and astroturfers. But how valid is this thesis?
In the name of investigative reporting, I decided to unleash the selfsame research techniques I deployed in my Crypto-History series to conclude that Ice-Age Man built luxury seaside marina condominiums and floated oil-tanker sized vessels laden with decorative clam-shells and amber beads in a global free trade network that predated the NAFTA superhighway by some 10,000 years.
Herewith for your consideration are some of my findings:
According to the Urban Dictionary, at least one of the sources of the term ass-hat does in fact have a cyber-origin:
7. ass-hat The act of crouching repeatedly over a dead opponents head while gaming, thus demoralizing said opponent with much pwning. Pwner: *Bang* Pwned: *Dies* Pwner: *Crouches repeatedly over dead body* Pwned: *Witnesses Pwner's ass repeatedly bouncing over head*, "Damn, I got ass-hatted."
Sadly, this determination is slightly less satisfying than you might think, largely because there are six other definitions, any of which meet the smell test as being as legitimate as this one. For example:
3. ass-hat Someone so incredibly stupid and/or ignorant that everything above their waist is useless; i.e. a hat for their ass.
or...
1. ass-hat One whose head is so far up their rear end it could pass for a hat
My assiduous research efforts began to hit pay dirt when I ran across the site Airbag Industries. There a poster named Narayan -- who appears to be a person of some highfalutin but vague authority (community admin?) on the site -- responded to a post which pondered whether the eruption of the term Ass-Hat on the prime-time zit-com The O.C. could be attributed to Airbag. Narayan's response:
I had several friends in Chicago who used asshat on a regular basis when I lived there in the early 90s. My wife (god bless her) used it well before she or I knew what Airbag was.
Ah, Chicago! City of Broad Shoulders (and gluteal headpieces, apparently). Wellspring of such immortally clever slang catchphrases as "sammitch" (a sandwich), "hizzoner" (the mayor, i.e., His Honour), "a true and true" (a through and through bullet hole), and "grachki" (garage key).
Now we're getting somewhere.
I put my many informants, stringers and paid sources to work (Ok...so I did a Google search pairing the word 'Chicago' with the exact phrase "ass hat".) Sadly, this tactic failed to uncover a reference dating back more than a couple years. After firing my minions (providing, them of course with job retraining sufficient to help them embark on new and more challenging careers as Wal-Mart greeters, thus demonstrating my simpatico with the plight of those forced into mid-career 'reset' as a result of the faltering economy), I took another, more nuanced, tack (I googled the word 'origin' coupled with the exact phrase "ass hat".)
A 2002 post on Fark.Com discusses the origins of ass hat, pausing briefly to wonder if Fark invented it, before deducing its real secret origin as a one-liner in a Billy Crystal movie (from back in the days when he was at least marginally funny).
minasaglar 2002-12-01 06:17:12 PM did fark invent asshat i think that is one thing we actually invented, at least i hope so
evilfish 2002-12-01 06:17:58 PM Didn't Asshat begin when we were trying to crash Ask Jeeves?
RelaximusPrime 2002-12-01 10:57:05 PM I got news for the 'asshat' enthusiasts, it all started with a slightly amusing little crap-fest called "Clitty Lickers". Whoops! I meant "City Slickers".
Observe:
[Ed Furillo accuses Mitch Robbins of flirting with Bonnie Rayburn]
Mitch Robbins:
That was "have a pleasant and restful evening."
Ed Furillo:
No, that was "I like your ass. Can I wear it as a hat?"
Hence, asshat...
So, Newsvine friends, once again, we have done it!
We have succeeded in tracking the etymology of one of the internet's most popular put-downs from its humble origins as a somewhat meaningless throwaway gag in a half-funny movie most noted for its role in (briefly) resurrrecting the career of Jack Palance. We have shown how this $3 gag writer's special has become (via the not-to-be-underestimated power of the internet and pop culture to homogenize the pride of homo sapiens, our language) the single most flexible chatroom / discussion thread insult in the internet today; a veritable Swiss Army Knife of derogation.
Unless you have any information to the contrary?
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{"commentId":2108441,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
I am willing to entertain suggestions that this time I've gone too far...
{"commentId":2108441,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
- 8 votes
#1 - Wed Jul 2, 2008 11:29 PM EDT{"commentId":2108528,"authorDomain":"ombra"}
Gone too far?? Nah...
Only defined the word....
Next time list examples from Newsvine.... :)
{"commentId":2108528,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"ombra"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2108555,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
list examples from Newsvine.... :)
Hah......How many pages would you like ? Lets see....today was only about 30 COH violations...so a light day..
{"commentId":2108555,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2110835,"authorDomain":"fawnshore"}
Lets see....today was only about 30 COH violations...so a light day..
Yeah, I woke up late.
{"commentId":2110835,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"fawnshore"}
- 12 votes
{"commentId":2110917,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
Ah...that explains it..ok they should start rolling in about now then...Hope Emilys had her coffee.
{"commentId":2110917,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2111480,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}
Man and here I was thinking it was a fedora that covers your butt.
Pardon me while I go remove a fodora from my ass
{"commentId":2111480,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"sbutki"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2112215,"authorDomain":"damiankd"}
Pardon me while I go remove a fodora from my ass
Better hurry, Scott, before you get hat-ass.
{"commentId":2112215,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"damiankd"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2114307,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2114824,"authorDomain":"ombra"}
But think of the "fun"..... :D
Let me know ahead of time... I don't want to miss it!!!
{"commentId":2114824,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"ombra"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2130832,"authorDomain":"sbutki"}
remove a fodora from my ass
Better hurry, Scott, before you get hat-ass.
I dont even want to think about what that might look like.
{"commentId":2130832,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"sbutki"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2108452,"authorDomain":"arcanebliss"}
lmao @ the images.
{"commentId":2108452,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"arcanebliss"}
- 6 votes
#2 - Wed Jul 2, 2008 11:32 PM EDT{"commentId":2108474,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2108525,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
{"commentId":2108564,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2108592,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
Hey I kind of liked that old TI voice....
{"commentId":2108592,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2108609,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2108637,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
bat.....lo...
Mom !!!! I need batteries !!
{"commentId":2108637,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2108785,"authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
You know when a word or phrase is ingrained in the online collective consciousness when it's become part of the parody RPG realm known as Kingdom of Loathing. In the case of the ass hat, it's actually a necessary article of equipment for KoL n00bs looking to obtain the Slug Lord's treasure. From TheKoLWiki:
- "Asshat" is slang for idiot or useless jerk. It can be interpreted to mean someone who has their head so far up their ass that they're actually wearing it as a hat, or that from the waist up, their sole purpose in life is to be a hat for their own ass.
- Asshats are sometimes sent as a malicious gift to [in-game]chat spammers, clan looters, and promoters of general jackassery.
What I'd love to see is a chrome ass hat. Maybe it will be an advanced meatsmithing option in a future game upgrade.
{"commentId":2108785,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
- 4 votes
#3 - Thu Jul 3, 2008 12:51 AM EDT{"commentId":2108817,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
It is actually all very logically if you think of the naming and especially of the people of a certain country and how most of them act towards others that are not from there.
{"commentId":2108817,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2108850,"authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
I'm not touching that one, Tedd. Nor will I touch any ass hat that has not been sanitized for general public safety.
{"commentId":2108850,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2108914,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
Its very safe. about 22, 768 miles high safe, public access 100% safe.
Unless you don't like photos of things like Narcastet Eglise St Ambroise Nice old place.
{"commentId":2108914,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2108970,"authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
It wasn't the French locale to which I was referring. Per last night's email...
the people of a certain [region] and how most of them act towards others that are not from there.
The adage that certain people ought to come with warning labels needs to be changed. Everyone wears a mandatory ass hat until they've proven themselves otherwise.
Oh, wait- this is America. "Innocent until proven guilty" and all that jazz. Mmmkay- no ass hats until proven without a doubt that an individual is in dire need of immediate identification for the good of the public. Then we rivet the damned thing to his or her skull.
{"commentId":2108970,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2108985,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
To that long email I am still replying as I am kinda sorta concerned ya know...
{"commentId":2108985,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2108994,"authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
Hey synthesis: Really well-written and entertaining article. Light subject or no, I absolutely love your style here. :)
But the Urban Dictionary has got it wrong. Crouching over your dead opponent's face is actually meant to dangle your manhood upon the pwnt, hence the up-down-up-down motion you're likely to find accompanying it. Just sayin'.
{"commentId":2108994,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
- 5 votes
#4 - Thu Jul 3, 2008 2:00 AM EDT{"commentId":2109648,"authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
Yeah, I've never heard that act refered to as anything like "asshat"....it tends to be called "tea-baging" and other such things.
{"commentId":2109648,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2114120,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
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{"commentId":2109638,"authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
As an avid movie lover and resident useless trivia guru, I feel it's my duty to inform you that the term "asshat" has been around since the late 70's...
There's an old Clint Eastwood movie called "The Outlaw Josey Wales" from 1976, which included the following quote...
Union Army officer: Now get back in line before I kick you so hard you'll be wearin' your ass for a hat.
I only know this because a have an uncle that used to threaten all the children that he'd "give us all asshats" (refering to the act of kicking us so hard we'd have our ass as a hat if we didn't stop doing...whatever)
I'm sure he didn't invent the term, it was most likely something he heard at his local drinking den at some point....big into the country bar scene hehe.
Not sure if that's the original source of the term, but it predates City Slickers no matter how you slice it.
{"commentId":2109638,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
- 9 votes
#5 - Thu Jul 3, 2008 8:21 AM EDT{"commentId":2114128,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2126272,"authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
Probably, both have a western theme (even if one is more to the mockery side of things). Gotta be a connection somewhere in there.
{"commentId":2126272,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2110331,"authorDomain":"babin"}
Check out www.urbandictionary.com
Site has a lot of useful terms defined simialr to Ass Hat.
I've had a few of mine published on there (brushes shoulder off)
Good times
{"commentId":2110331,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"babin"}
- 2 votes
#6 - Thu Jul 3, 2008 10:22 AM EDT{"commentId":2110481,"authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
Urban Dictionary can be entertaining, but it gets annoying wading through the tons of sophomoric crap to find explanations worthy of citing. Plus, the prevailing factor of popularity amongst the lowest common denominator tends to make taking the time to post informative material an exercise in futility.
{"commentId":2110481,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2110555,"authorDomain":"babin"}
explanations worthy of citing.
Well I wouldn't really think of that site as anything beyond sophomric - Just a cheap laugh if you're in the mood.
{"commentId":2110555,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"babin"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2110876,"authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
Yup, a cheap laugh, much as everything2.com has become over the years. Gotta love all those self-aggrandizing ass hat entities!
{"commentId":2110876,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2110955,"authorDomain":"pdiel"}
Dude, WTF is wrong with you?!
Sorry I stumbled upon this article - disappointed...
{"commentId":2110955,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"pdiel"}
- 2 votes
#7 - Thu Jul 3, 2008 11:50 AM EDT{"commentId":2111908,"authorDomain":"celestina"}
It's generally referred to as an active sense of humor. Be careful, I hear they're contagious.
{"commentId":2111908,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"celestina"}
- 12 votes
{"commentId":2114346,"authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
I'm thinking that if you see Ass-Hat in a title of an article, and you're offended by a discussion about ass-hattery...well, if that were me, I'd probably just not click on it.
Unless, of course, you're an asshat.
{"commentId":2114346,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"paperdragon"}
- 13 votes
{"commentId":2268692,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
Unless, of course, you're an asshat.
That one really stung. Oh well, I guess we all have our moments.
I'm thinking that if you see Ass-Hat in a title of an article, and you're offended by a discussion about ass-hattery...well, if that were me, I'd probably just not click on it.
Actually the article wasn't that bad - I was looking forward to another great one from Synsthesis - the only part that Truly bothered me was: a slightly amusing little crap-fest called "Clitty Lickers". Whoops! I meant "City Slickers".
That is what I was referring to when I said WTF?!
A little over-the-top for me.
{"commentId":2268692,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2285443,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
over-sensitive
Patricia raises her hand.
I get that way about once a month - something that most females suffer from... This why I hate say I feel that a woman would not make a good President. We just get way too emotional.
{"commentId":2285443,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2332859,"authorDomain":"LAUHAL63"}
Hey Synth - Know any good fart jokes? Oh wait...they're all good. ;)
{"commentId":2332859,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"LAUHAL63"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2333677,"authorDomain":"fawnshore"}
A well-to-do couple are strolling down the street, enjoying a romantic evening...
They pass an old wino sitting on the curb. When they are nearest to him, he lets rip with a loud, odoriferous, ghastly fart.
"Sir," says the well-to-do man, "how dare you fart before my wife!?"
The wino replies, "I'm sorry, mishter. I didn't know it was her turn!"
Your turn, synth.
{"commentId":2333677,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"fawnshore"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2333994,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
good fart jokes?
boooooooring..... [yawn]
time to stop tracking :)
{"commentId":2333994,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2334034,"authorDomain":"LAUHAL63"}
Buh bye.
{"commentId":2334034,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"LAUHAL63"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2338486,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2338665,"authorDomain":"LAUHAL63"}
Hahahaha!
{"commentId":2338665,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"LAUHAL63"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2110984,"authorDomain":"pdiel"}
WTF ?!
Sorry I stumbled upon this article ...
{"commentId":2110984,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"pdiel"}
- 3 votes
#8 - Thu Jul 3, 2008 11:54 AM EDT{"commentId":2112230,"authorDomain":"damiankd"}
It was that bad, you had to post it twice, within 4 minutes?
{"commentId":2112230,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"damiankd"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2113658,"authorDomain":"Griff69"}
One could be tempted to assume a certain connection with the theme here...
{"commentId":2113658,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"Griff69"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2268634,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
What's wrong with voting for the pet squirrel? The little guy was cute and I was curious to know how they behave in captivity. I got my answer - he attacks the wife but not the husband. A good reason not to adopt a squirrel.
{"commentId":2268634,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2268644,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
It was that bad, you had to post it twice, within 4 minutes?
Newsvine had a lot of lag that day. I actually tried to delete the first message then it posted it anyway! *sigh*
{"commentId":2268644,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2273453,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2285414,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
Hehe. I'm going to leave that one up to JFXGillis to explain.
hmmm...almost afraid to find out - does he hate squirrels? or hunt them?
{"commentId":2285414,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2286277,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2288734,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
lol Synthesis, I have to admit that too many cute kitty (or doggie) posts can get monotonous! Maybe once-a-month is a good dose for me - but not daily. I don't want to say anything hurtful to any other members, so I'll just leave it at that...
I'm just glad that you came back. We clearly have some different views, but that's no reason we can't have a reasonable dialogue. Maybe we can both learn something from the places where our viewpoints diverge.
Thanks. Yes, well-said.
{"commentId":2288734,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2114616,"authorDomain":"imoff2dloonybin"}
Synthesis, I enjoyed reading this article. It was a good laugh. Also, it was a good look into a word I commonly use, yay.
{"commentId":2114616,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"imoff2dloonybin"}
- 3 votes
#9 - Thu Jul 3, 2008 8:35 PM EDT{"commentId":2114780,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2115051,"authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
What, no mention of the noun form?
ex. Newsvine should institute a mandatory ban for all users engaging in asshattery(1 "t" or 2? Can't quite decide myself).
{"commentId":2115051,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"SirThinkswaytomuch"}
- 2 votes
#10 - Thu Jul 3, 2008 9:52 PM EDT{"commentId":2115196,"authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
It has to be 2, unless you pronounce it ass-HATE-er-y (I don't).
{"commentId":2115196,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2115305,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2115322,"authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
Steve is correct. The double consonant is preferred for such a use. For example, it wouldn't translate properly if one of someone's many titles read as "Queen of Smartasery."
{"commentId":2115322,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2115451,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
What about the West Coast guys ? I'm confused...."Dudette of Smartasery"
"Whats up dudicus maximus?"
{"commentId":2115451,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2115696,"authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
Tedd - Duderino! Are you an advocate of smart tasery?
You're certainly a contender for "King of Smartassery." ;oD
{"commentId":2115696,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2267312,"authorDomain":"thedudedean"}
Hey Fugie I thought I was your Duderino of Smartassery. :-p
{"commentId":2267312,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"thedudedean"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2267490,"authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
Sweet pea, you can be the Tsar of Terriyaki if it so pleases you. However, I may be putting my neck on the chopping block if I use the term "dude" in any manner other than its base form when referring to anyone other than my bud, The Dude Dean. He's vigilant about his page ranks. I'm unsure if he's territorial about variations.
I may be in deep guano over #10.5, but not know it yet. ;oD
{"commentId":2267490,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2268400,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
I may be in deep guano
Sorry to let you down Sweet pea,
But there is no way you can get off that easy :-)
Duderino I can handle fine, Duderitte might be a bit odd.....
{"commentId":2268400,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2268584,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
Plus I know the real reason fugi picked fugitive24/7 as a name.....
F.U.G.I.T.I.V.E.: Female Unreservedly Giving Intense Touches and Impassioned, Velvety Embraces
or was it ?
C.H.R.I.S.: Cutie Hungering for Rapturous Intense Stimulation
{"commentId":2268584,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2271882,"authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
**ahem** Sir, I am soooo not going to respond to your last two posts in the manner which my id normally dictates. Ego and superego concur: We plead the 5th. **blushing**
{"commentId":2271882,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2273308,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
Damn I am good :-)
{"commentId":2273308,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2273733,"authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
Superego:
Don't say it, girl. Don't you dare say it!
Shove it, Superego, you Freudian psychological concept of a repressive asshat!
{"commentId":2273733,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"fugitive247"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2283394,"authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
Damn I that awesome fugitive247 is good :-)
Dang Freudian slips...happens to the best of us at interesting times..
{"commentId":2283394,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"TeddRi"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2116357,"authorDomain":"Billman"}
My biggest problem when writing is having to backspace over my constant references to Christ.
such as; "Christ in the mountains!! you're an ass-hat", "Christ on a stick!! Are you serious?", or my own derivative of that one..."Holy Christsicles"...which no one ever gets.
I'm not even sure what ass-hat got me started on these "blasphemous" references. I've been making them orally in day to day speech for about a decade now.
okay, so off-topic...sorry, it just brought it to mind.
{"commentId":2116357,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"Billman"}
- 5 votes
#11 - Fri Jul 4, 2008 3:50 AM EDT{"commentId":2120945,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2121132,"authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
Christ on a bike
is the only one you'll ever catch me using. I think it's hysterical.
{"commentId":2121132,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"stevehouse"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2121486,"authorDomain":"Billman"}
"Holy jumped-up Jesus Christ!"
(I don't even know what it means...but it sounds very exclamatory...)
Heheheh...I love it.
Steve...Christ on a bike ?....I love that too. I would probably bastardize it into Christcycle though. And there would be much confusion, because it sounds too much like Christsicle....
While we're at it....What would you call Jesus' Nuts?...Christicles
{"commentId":2121486,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"Billman"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2268720,"authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
What to say to such ugliness? I'm a Christian and it is hurtful to hear someone speak this way. If you want to talk this way, couldn't you do it in a private forum - or are you just trying to get attention?
{"commentId":2268720,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"patriciaad"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2116494,"authorDomain":"winsomecowboy"}
A possibility with the asshattery is a very old expression, "go @!$%# in a hat" which is well over 200 years old and in my estimation has some relation to asshattery.
{"commentId":2116494,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"winsomecowboy"}
- 7 votes
#12 - Fri Jul 4, 2008 5:43 AM EDT{"commentId":2121269,"authorDomain":"winsomecowboy"}
The ' fecal addition to wardrobe' that wound up with 'go @!$%# in a hat' and that could be related to asshattery probably came to us by way of the feline example in which some cats display their displeasure by @!$%#ting or pissing in your shoes. I've been told of this a few times. Perhaps someone left their hat accessible to a miffed cat and worked in a new insult based on their experience.
Well I'm convinced anyway. :)
{"commentId":2121269,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"winsomecowboy"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2125741,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2126305,"authorDomain":"winsomecowboy"}
I think it stems from the period of " @!$%# you and the horse you rode in on" horses and hats being symbolic at the time.
{"commentId":2126305,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"winsomecowboy"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2139285,"authorDomain":"sylvan13"}
winsome thats the funniest stuff.
{"commentId":2139285,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"sylvan13"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2339075,"authorDomain":"robertlyn-schultz"}
It's often an emotionally draining task that leaves me wrung out and about as energetic as Steven Wright on an Oxycontin binge.
I was laughing from that point and am still smiling, good job and thanks for backtracking the source for the term.
{"commentId":2339075,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"robertlyn-schultz"}
- 1 vote
#13 - Fri Aug 1, 2008 1:51 AM EDT{"commentId":2342783,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2343433,"authorDomain":"robertlyn-schultz"}
My pleasure Synthesis, but you should know that I am a teen trapped in adults body and I find juvenile and irreverent humor the epitome of the the funny arts, so please consider the source before changing gears full time:)
{"commentId":2343433,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"robertlyn-schultz"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2343785,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2344240,"authorDomain":"robertlyn-schultz"}
Just being as up front as possible, :) you have a great day Synthesis!
{"commentId":2344240,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"robertlyn-schultz"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2344300,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
{"commentId":2427037,"authorDomain":"IslamicScholars"}
what took so long to hand him the ass hat ??? never liked that hypocrite
{"commentId":2427037,"threadId":"305073","contentId":"1634249","authorDomain":"IslamicScholars"}
- 1 vote
#14 - Mon Aug 11, 2008 5:57 PM EDT{"commentId":2427651,"authorDomain":"PrimarySources"}
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