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}}You are an ASSSS == Ass may referr 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:
- ASS (gene), a human gene that encodes for the enzyme argininosuccinate synthetase
- ASS (car), made in France from 1919 to 1920
- After school special (TV program)
- American Science and Surplus, a seller of surplus and educational goods, many of which are odd, amusing, and/or useful
- Alness (National Rail code: ASS), a railway station in the United Kingdom station information; Template:Mmukpcloc; live departures and arrivals
- The German generic term for Aspirin (short for Acetylsalicylsäure, acetylsalicylic acid), comparable to the term ASA in some English-speaking countries
- Advanced SubStation Alpha, a subtitles format
- President (game), a card game also known as ass.
- Angle-Side-Side, a faulty proof of congruency of two triangles (also called SSA)
- American Sociological Association, known as the American Sociological Society until 1959
- Austrian Social Service, an Austrian non-profit organization
Notes
- “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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