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[ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asshat ] Asshat Asshat is a slightly more trendy and less severe variation of asshole, graphically describing someone who has his "head up his ass" (i.e., not knowing what's going on), or a variation of "butthead." In the former sense, it is suggested that one is "wearing one's ass for a hat", or alternately, "a hat for one's ass." A more modern usage of asshat describes a person doing something stupid, and can apply to anyone: "the boss is up to asshattery because he broke the computer even though he knew he was doing the wrong thing." The word is popular in many online communities, serving as a more palatable version of its antecedent. According to Google's Usenet statistics, the word only saw a token appearance every day or two starting in July, 1999, but following a slow rise in 2002, it entered popular usage in May, 2003. The pejorative was popularized by Something Awful's Jeff K. and later spread to online community Fark.com and various Internet Relay Chat communities. December 20, 2002 saw a graphical representation of an asshat in the online comic /usr/bin/w00t, whereafter it was used frequently to represent customers who annoyed the technical support personnel. More recently, asshat has entered the mainstream vernacular. On March 17, 2005, on The O.C., "asshat" was uttered on network television for the first time, although this could be disputed as it was said by a litigant in the closing of a 2004 Judge Mathis episode. The insult "Assclown" is used in a similar fashion, although it is not as common.
Petz #2 "What's the point of having the car if you don't drive it?" - Mrs. Guapo 08/20/05Jeeeesus Christ - my Dad (after a ride in my Z) 12/26/04 |
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