dumb-ass

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dumbass

1. noun, rude slang Someone who is very stupid. Can you believe that dumb-ass is still pushing the door marked "pull"?
2. noun, rude slang Describing someone or something that is very stupid. No, we can't do that! Geez, what a dumb-ass idea.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

dumb-ass

and stupid-ass
1. mod. stupid; dumb. (Usually derogatory.) That was a real dumb-ass thing to do. That is so stupid-ass!
2. n. a stupid person. (Rude and derogatory.) Don’t be such a dumb-ass! You know what I mean!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • dumbass
  • diphead
  • dipstick
  • licking
  • jack
  • jacked
References in periodicals archive
Another showcase of dumb-ass antics focuses on idiotic efforts that are funny on their own, with no vicious commentary needed-or desired.
I didn't have to write a stupid, teary-weary, dumb-ass letter.
There I was, pottering around my flat like the dumb-ass I am, when I noticed European Tour Weekly was being followed by a live greyhounds session, featuring the Coral Champion Stakes Final.
And as you hand it to him say, "You dumb-ass, I am concerned about our finances.
Frostygirl You need a licence to fish but any dumb-ass can make a baby.
You'll have to be a dumb-ass not to grab hold of this Dumas.
As an experiment, I, myself, decided to reach out for "help" on some of the basic dumb-ass issues, and it's proven to be a wild adventure.
But now you know I'm a total soccer fan and not just some dumb-ass American, I guess you're wondering what plans me and my pops have for your franchise.
Special exceptions for dumb-ass social workers with ice in their shoes?
And if they say the film is little more than an "urban update" of those dumb-ass 80s dancing flicks like Flashdance, you may be heard to mutter, "I'd rather watch re-runs of Mad About Alice dubbed into Latin".
"I mean, it's mostly my fault--'Fill out the form, dumb-ass!' ...
At 8am on Wednesday, the precise moment when Bush will be taking morning tea with the Queen (and no doubt framing some dumb-ass conversational gambit that will make HMQ blench with revulsion), I urge all readers to rise from the breakfast table, fold their The Western Mail, turn to face the west, think of George Bush, lower your undergarments, and waggle your buttocks in the general direction of London.
"As obvious as we make it that it's backwards, there are still dumb-ass record stores that display them the wrong way."
* Cueing, segueing, walking on, loose, back-timing, raise, lower, EAS, and dumb-ass program director are everyday parts of your vocabulary.
Hardy made many such remarks to Harris; he called her a "dumb-ass woman" and suggested they go to the Holiday Inn to negotiate her raise.