jackassery

English

Etymology

jackass +‎ -ery

Noun

jackassery (usually uncountable, plural jackasseries)

1. The foolish or obnoxious behaviour of a jackass.
   • 1955, Rex Stout, "When a Man Murders...", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 134:

     […] 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.