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jackassery

noun

Etymology

From jackass + -ery.

  1. inherited from *h₁órsos✻
  2. inherited from *arsaz✻
  3. inherited from *ars✻
  4. inherited from ærs
  5. inherited from ars
  6. formed as jackass — “jack + ass”
  7. suffixed as jackassery — “jackass + ery”

Definitions

  1. The foolish or obnoxious behaviour of a jackass.

    • […] the hypothesis that Karnow had made a new will deserved a little exploration. To ask any of you about it would of course have been jackassery.
    • 2022, Sen. Ben Sasse, during Ketanji Brown Jackson's SCOTUS confirmation hearings We should recognize that the jackassery we often see around here is partly because of people mugging for short-term camera opportunities.

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