asswipe

noun
/ˈæswaɪp/US

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from *weyp-
  2. inherited from *wīpōn
  3. inherited from wīpian
  4. inherited from wipen
  5. compounded as asswipe — “ass + wipe

Definitions

  1. An annoying, contemptible, or worthless person.

    • He is such an asswipe!
    • ...they have been exchanging insults in writing: "dickhead," "dillweed," "fuzzbutt," "dorkwad," "asswipe," and so forth.
  2. Toilet paper.

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for asswipe. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA