arsehood

English

Alternative forms

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 12 June 2022:
      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 12 June 2022:
      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 12 June 2022:
      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.
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