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hard-assery

noun

Etymology

From hard-ass + -ery.

  1. derived from *harduz✻
  2. derived from hardi
  3. suffixed as hard-ass — “hard + ass”
  4. suffixed as hard-assery — “hard-ass + -ery”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being a hard-ass (a tough and combative person).

    • The Dallas RNC was a festival of Cold War hard-assery.
    • They'd had two hours together last night. The Junior Cert was coming and her mam and dad were see-sawing between hardassery and judicial lenience, and on this occasion the lever had come down in her favour.

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