blow smoke up someone's ass
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
The expression refers to the once popular medical practice, now fallen into disuse and almost forgotten, of the tobacco smoke enema, in which tobacco smoke was literally blown up a person’s rectum.[1] Employed for a large variety of ailments, its credibility was already questioned early on and eventually effectively discredited.
Verb[edit]
blow smoke up someone's ass (third-person singular simple present blows smoke up someone's ass, present participle blowing smoke up someone's ass, simple past blew smoke up someone's ass, past participle blown smoke up someone's ass)
- (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) Alternative form of blow smoke