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⚫ | )]], a card game also known as ass. | ||
'''Ass''' may refer to: | |||
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* A phonological and spelling variation of ], a word for the ] or for the ]<ref>“.” The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. www.bartleby.com/61/. Accessed 2006-10-23.</ref> | |||
*Ass, from Old English ''assa'', ultimately from Latin ''asinus'', is the older word for ] | |||
** ] 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" | |||
* ''Asses'' is Scottish English for ] | |||
* "Asses" is also the (English and Latin) plural of the ], a Roman weight and unit of money | |||
* Abbreviation of ''assinatura'', Portuguese for "sign(ature)". | |||
* In Old Norse mythology, an ] is one of the ] | |||
* ''Ass'' is the local name of the Italian commune of ] | |||
The acronym '''ASS''' stands for: | |||
* ], a human gene that encodes for the enzyme ] | |||
* ], made in France from 1919 to 1920 | |||
* ] (TV program) | |||
* ], a seller of surplus and educational goods, many of which are odd, amusing, and/or useful | |||
* ] (National Rail code: ASS), a railway station in the United Kingdom {{Sildb prim|ASS|station information}}; {{Mmukpcloc|IV17|0UE}}; {{Brldb prim|ASS|live departures and arrivals}} | |||
* The German generic term for ] (short for ''Acetylsalicylsäure'', ''acetylsalicylic acid''), comparable to the term ] in some English-speaking countries | |||
* ], a subtitles format | |||
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* ], a faulty proof of congruency of two triangles (also called SSA) | * ], a faulty proof of congruency of two triangles (also called SSA) | ||
* ], known as the American Sociological Society until 1959 | * ], known as the American Sociological Society until 1959 |
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)]], 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
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