Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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ass, see also under arse and its combs.
ass, n. 1. an unpleasant person, esp. a fool, an idiot; occas. of inanimate object (see cite 1930). 2.  the buttocks, the anus. 3.  (in a sexual context) the vagina; occas. the penis. 4.  used generically to mean one’s person, one’s body. 5.  sexual conquests; thus generic for a woman when viewed purely as a sex object. 6. sexual intercourse. 7.  of an object, the rear. 8. used adj. and dismissively, an unpleasant or disgusting individual or object. 9.  the last, and thus least potent, puff on a marijuana cigarette or pipe. 10.  mentality, character, personality. 11. essence, being. 12. the buttocks/anus as an object of male homosexual desire. 13. used dismissively, plus a qualifying n.
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ass, v. to work as a prostitute.
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ass, adv. completely.
-ass, sfx used to form generally negative (but increasingly positive too) adjs. and occas. nouns, e.g. bitch-ass adj.; candy-ass n.; dog-ass n.; drag-ass adj.
ragged-arsed, adj. 1. of people, disreputable, seedy, run-down. 2. of clothes, tattered. 3.  of things or places, worthless.
arse bandit, n. a homosexual male, also attrib.
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arsed, adj. 1. bothered, concerned, e.g. I can’t be arsed to do it. 2. fed up.
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arse-end, n. 1. the end, the rear end, the buttocks. 2. a very unappealing place, particularly one far away from ‘civilization’; esp. in phr. arse-end of the universe, arse-end of nowhere.
arsehole, adj. a general derisive or derog. adj.
arse lick, n. 1. an act of sycophancy. 2.  a toady, a sycophant, a groveller.
arse-lick, v. to toady, to be sycophantic.
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arsey-varsey, phr. 1. upside down, topsy-turvy, back-to-front. 2. head-over-heels; usu. in phr. fall arsey-varsey, fall head-over-heels. 3. contrary, perverse, preposterous.
assdom (n.) stupidity as shown by a group of individuals.
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assways (adj.) 1. of sexual intercourse, from the rear. 2.  skew-whiff, back-to-front. 3. head-over-heels. 4. rear, as of a pocket.
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assy (adj.) 1.  malicious, sarcastic. 2.  insignificant, second-rate, unimportant. 3. having large or prominent buttocks.
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ass-backwards back-to-front; thus fig., in a mess, chaotic.
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ass-bad see bad-ass adj.
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ass deep 1. very deep; usu. in such phrs. as ass deep to a tall moose. 2. totally involved with, with an excessive amount of.
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ass-dragging run-down, worn out.
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ass-frontwards 1. head-over-heels. 2. back-to-front.
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ass-grabbing irritating.
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ass-high an unspecified measure of height; usu. as ass-high to a tall Indian.
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ass-ignorant extremely stupid.
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ass-out 1. at the end of one’s tether; beyond effort, without luck (cf. assed out adj. (2)). 2. straighforward, easy. 3. without money.
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ass-tight 1.  in fig. use, very efficient. 2. of friends, very intimate.
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ass-ugly very unattractive.
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ass upwards (adj.) upside-down, back-to-front.
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ass-bag (n.) a derog. term of abuse.
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ass bandit (n.) 1. a womanizer, a playboy. 2. see arse bandit n.
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