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** ] may mean the wild donkey, or it may mean its wild relative the ], also known as a "half ass" -another animal of the horse genus ** ] may mean the wild donkey, or it may mean its wild relative the ], also known as a "half ass" -another animal of the horse genus
** Figuratively, a ] (], ], ]). 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" ** Figuratively, a ] (], ], ]). 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"
* Sanders Schmitz in my bio class OMG he needs to get a life and stop picking on all of us smart people! He also plagiarizes everything, it's SO ANNOYING because I work so hard at labs but don't get very good of grades and he always aces them. EWWW
* ''Asses'' is Scottish English for ] * ''Asses'' is Scottish English for ]
* "Asses" is also the (English and Latin) plural of the ], a Roman weight and unit of money * "Asses" is also the (English and Latin) plural of the ], a Roman weight and unit of money

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Ass may refer to:

  • A phonological and spelling variation of arse, a word for the anus or 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"
  • Sanders Schmitz in my bio class OMG he needs to get a life and stop picking on all of us smart people! He also plagiarizes everything, it's SO ANNOYING because I work so hard at labs but don't get very good of grades and he always aces them. EWWW
  • 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:

Sources and references

  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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