asswipe

English

Etymology

Bahuvrihi compound of ass +‎ wipe. First use appears c. 1947 in the writings of Mari Sandoz.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈæswaɪp/

  • Audio (US):

    (file)

Noun

asswipe (countable and uncountable, plural asswipes)

1. (Canada, US, informal, mildly vulgar, offensive or derogatory) An annoying, contemptible, or worthless person.

   He is such an asswipe!

   • 1996, Timothy Jay, What to Do When Your Students Talk Dirty, page 207:

     ...they have been exchanging insults in writing: "dickhead," "dillweed," "fuzzbutt," "dorkwad," "asswipe," and so forth.

2. (Canada, US, informal, mildly vulgar, uncountable) Toilet paper.
   • 1976, Micheal Clodfelter, The Pawns of Dishonor, Branden Press, →ISBN, page 249:

     I rapidly expended my own and everyone else’s supply of tiny C-ration rolls of asswipe and was reduced to wiping my nasty behind with leaves and grass.

   • 1983, Nicholas Proffitt, Gardens of Stone‎^[1], Carroll & Graf, →ISBN, page 317:

     “ […] Into your packs you put your toilet articles, mess kits, extra socks, and skivvies and longjohns if you have them. If you have a roll of asswipe, put that in, too. […] ”

   • 2008, Joseph Heywood, Death Roe: A Woods Cop Mystery,^[2][3] Globe Pequot, →ISBN, page 252:

     “I doubt a dime would buy a single square of asswipe in this city, […] ”

Synonyms

• (toilet paper): wipebreech, torchecul, arsewipe, bumfodder, tail-napkin, wipe-breech

Translations

vulgar: annoying or worthless person

• Finnish: persreikä (fi)
• French: peigne-cul (fr) m, moule à merde (fr) m, jean-foutre (fr) m, mou du bulbe (fr) m, branquignol (fr) m

Something used to wipe one's anus after defecation

• Finnish: paskapaperi (fi)
• French: torche-cul (fr) m, PQ (fr), papier cul
• Polish: srajtaśma (pl) f
• Swedish: skithuspapper (sv) n, dasspapper (sv) n, toalettpapper (sv) n

dishonest periodical

• Finnish: roskalehti
• French: torche-cul (fr) m
• Swedish: skräptidning c, blaska (sv) c

Anagrams

• waspies