asshat

English

Etymology

From the slang expression having one's head up one's ass, thus, wearing the ass as a hat. The term is extended to people who are clueless or bumbling, who don't understand what is going on.

Noun

asshat (plural asshats)

1. (pejorative, slang, vulgar) an obnoxiously ignorant person; a fool.
   • 2007, John Hargrave, Prank the Monkey: The Zug Book of Pranks^[1], Citadel Press, ISBN 0806527803, page 188,

     Anyone who would make a claim like this on national TV is a real asshat.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:idiot

Derived terms

• asshattish
• asshattitude (asshatitude)
• asshattery
• asshatty

See also

• asshelmet
• assclown

Anagrams

• hastas
• Shasta