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===Notes===
The first two meanimgs of ] can be illustrated with a short poem:<br>
Contry girl Ann had a beautiful ass...<br>
Not round and pink,<br>
As you probably think;<br>
It was grey,<br>
With long ears,<br>
and aete the grass.<br>
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==References== ==References==

Revision as of 16:20, 20 January 2007

Ass may refer to:

  • A phonological and spelling variation of arse, a word for the anus or for the buttocks
  • Ass, from Old English assa, ultimately from Latin asinus, is the older word for donkey
    • Wild ass may mean the wild donkey, or it may mean its wild relative the onager, also known as a "half ass" -another animal of the horse genus
    • Figuratively, a buffoon (fool, idiot, clown). The ass (donkey) typified clumsiness and stupidity since ancient times; asshead dates to 1550, to make an ass of oneself to 1590 - this has been conflated with "arse"
  • Asses is Scottish English for Ashes
  • "Asses" is also the (English and Latin) plural of the as, a Roman weight and unit of money
  • Abbreviation of assinatura, Portuguese for "sign(ature)".
  • In Old Norse mythology, an Áss is one of the Æsir
  • Ass is the local name of the Italian commune of Asso

The acronym ASS stands for:

NOTHING IS ERE

References


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  1. ass.” The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. www.bartleby.com/61/. Accessed 2006-10-23.
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