arsehood

English

Alternative forms

• asshood (US)

Etymology

From arse +‎ -hood.

Noun

arsehood (uncountable)

1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) The state or quality of being an arse.
   • 1992 November 30, BGRI...@ukcc.uky.edu, “Words-L Weekly Digest”, in bit.listserv.words-l‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-12:

     Thanksgiving week in the US, and list traffic slows to a dribble, but the range of topics is impressive: acrophobia, palsy, Feleki's instrument, business cards, Chomsky's politics, homonymity, the 1942 Cocoanut Grove disaster, the language of arsehood.

   • 2003 May 29, Lodestone, “[I] Pronounceable Passwords”, in alt.fan.pratchett‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-12:

     I think I shall just have to reisng myself to arsehood.

   • 2003 December 9, Adam Kennedy, “Rotting flesh”, in alt.politics.british‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-06-12:

     No need to explain, old chap; the reason is readily apparent. You do it because you are an arse. It seems that your arsehood is widely recognised.