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arse
noun- the posterior, the buttocks UK
In conventional usage from Old English until early C18, at which time it was deemed impolite language and began a celebrated existence in slang, rarely appearing in print with all four letters in place. B.E.’s Dictionary of the Canting Crew, probably 1698–1699, gives “ar–”; Francis Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, five editions from 1785–1823 omits the “r”. It was not until 1860 that the American ASS - If he does, I’ll toss him out – right on his all-American arse! — Eric Lambert, The Veterans, p. 25, 1954
- [S]lag birds used to go trotting upstairs with him [...] arses wagging and bristols [breasts] going[.] — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 30, 1962
- I’ll kick your arse right up through your guts until it’s hangin’ out of your mouth. — John O’Grady, Its’s Your Shout Mate!, p. 32, 1972
- It was rare that he encountered anything like this, then he cocked his pistol and aimed it at the swagman’s arse. — Bob Ellis and Anne Brooksbank, Mad Dog Morgan, p. 93, 1976
- I could see Tony whipping the arse off it. — Robert English, Toxic Kisses, p. 59, 1979
- We would have to go in and hold the prisoner down while the nurses pumped a syringe full of Largactil into his arse to sedate him. — William Dodson, The Sharp End, p. 42, 2001
- the base, the bottom; the tail end; the seat of a pair of trousers AUSTRALIA
- Here was a ship under fair weather canvas, on the starboard tack with a barometer falling as if the arse had dropped out of it. — Robert S. Close, Love Me Sailor, p. 173, 1945
- Like most freelance writers in Australia, Henry Lawson often walked around with the arse out of his trousers. — Frank Hardy, Hardy’s People, p. 16, 1986
- yourself; your body or person UK
- I just kicked a bloke’s arse out of my office. — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 79, 1979
- They wanted me, they wanted my sweet little junkie arse. — Peter Corris, Pokerface, p. 159, 1985
- I give them plenty of time before I drag my sorry arse up the cliff face. — Dirk Flinthart, Brotherly Love, p. 75, 1995
- a fool; a despicable person AUSTRALIA, 1944
- Ray also felt like an arse for putting Tony down like he had[.] — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 105, 1988
- Let’s face it, you’ve got to be a bit of an arse to go line dancing. — Attitude, p. 35, October 2003
- boldness, gall, gumption, impudence; hence, luck as a result of this AUSTRALIA, 1958
- I said “Are you going to skite about that?” and he said “My bloody oath I am.” I said “You shouldn’t, you know, because it was sheer arse.” — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 51, 1979
- dismissal, especially from a job; rejection AUSTRALIA, 1955 Generally with verbs “give” and “get”.
- I’ll tell you what, if I don’t start getting a few free ones for the lounge, he’ll be getting the arse out of this pub very shortly. — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 20, 1979
- The word spread, “The Doc’s been given the arse.” — Kerry Cue, Crooks, Chooks and Bloody Ratbags, p. 196, 1983
- If I confessed, Mouche would give me the arse. — Kathy Lette, Girls’ Night Out, p. 107, 1987
- September 19: Juan Peron given the arse by the Argies. — Ignatius Jones, The 1992 True Hip Manual, p. 165, 1992
- He gave me the arse yesterday morning, and I lost him this afternoon. — Dirk Flinthart, Brotherly Love, p. 79, 1995
▶ ask me arse
used when refusing to cooperate or when withholding information IRELAND
Other variations used are: “ask me bollix”, “ask me sack”, “ask me left one”. “Me” is a common Hiberno-English pronunciation for “my”.- Which one of yis [you] is Bimbo? he said. –Ask me arse, said Jimmy Sr. — Roddy Doyle, The Van, p. 213, 1991
▶ get off your arse; get off your ass
to start doing something UK
Often in the imperative.- [T]his is the big one, so we’ve got to get up off our arses and stop just talking about it! — Monty Python, Life of Brian, 1979
▶ get your arse in gear
to start making an effort UK- [W]ashing it off in my en suite business and getting my arse in gear[.] — Diran Abedayo, My Once Upon A Time, p. 325, 2000
- Right! Come ed. Arses in gear. Wales, here we come. — Niall Griffiths, Kelly + Victor, p. 45, 2002
▶ make an arse of
to make a mess of something; to botch something UK: SCOTLAND- — Michael Munro, The Complete Patter, 1996
▶ not know your arse from a hole in the ground
to be completely ignorant (of a given subject) UK- [Y]ou don’t know anything about anything. You don’t know y’arse from a hole in the ground – you – you think that life’s like the inside of a Wendy House. — Alan Bleasdale, Boys From the Blackstuff, 1982
▶ not know your arse from your elbow
to be ignorant UK, 1930- “Ben Hendy clearly doesn’t know his arse from his elbow,” claims Chris Tall. — The Guardian, 20 February 2003
▶ on your arse
in dire straits, especially financial US, 1917- [W]here was Liverpool? On its arse with Gizzzza Job as its strap-line. — Tony Wilson, 24 Hour Party People, p. 164, 2002
▶ out on your arse
ejected, evicted, expelled UK
A variation of “out on your ear”.- What will you be when you’re out on your arse? — Ian Dury, Jack Shit George, 1998
▶ put on the arse bit
to indignantly tell someone what you think of him or her AUSTRALIA- — The (Sydney) Bulletin, 26 April 1975
▶ take it up the arse
to submit to a more powerful force UK- The government will be told the terms and conditions of the carve-up by their paymasters, the money men, and being joes who take it up the arse from the City cartels anyway they’ll go along with the swindle[.] — J. J. Connolly, Layer Cake, p. 94, 2000
▶ the arse drops out of; the arse falls out of
(of a financial venture) to fail dismally AUSTRALIA- What has the arse dropped out of the market in a bloody week? — D’Arcy Niland, Dead Men Running, p. 73, 1969
- Unfortunately, thanks to a few snooping accountants and the odd ten million dollar Oz epic that was so shithouse it never copped a release, the arse has dropped out of the Australian film industry. — Barry Humphries, The Traveller’s Tool, p. 19, 1985
▶ up your arse
very close behind, in close proximity UK- So we turned up and the bizzies are right up our arse. — Shaun Ryder, Shaun Ryder... in His Own Words, 1997
▶ up your own arse
very self-involved UK- She looked serious as fuck. I don’t mean serious as in solemn or depressed or up her own arse or whatever. — James Hawes, Dead Long Enough, p. 137, 2000
- [A]utobiographers are so up their own arses that they think anything to do with them is totally fucking fascinating[.] — Frank Skinner, Frank Skinner, p. 193, 2001
▶ you couldn’t find your arse with both hands
you are stupid UK- [H]e was a gormless get him, he couldn’t find his arse with both hands. — Caroline Aherne and Craig Cash, The Royle Family, 1999
▶ your arse is nippin buttons
you are nervous, you are full of trepidation UK: SCOTLAND- — Michael Munro, The Patter, Another Blast, 1988
▶ your arse off
to a great degree; vigorously UK
Used to intensify verb meanings, thus “to work your arse off” means “to work hard”; very common with the verb “work” and the verb “fuck” and its synonyms.- I think it is only emotional, because at other times he becomes the complete dominant male, fucks the arse off me, for weeks on end until he does a switch back. — Uni Sex, p. 119, 1972
- [I was] working my arse off for Australia, sometimes a twenty-four, a twenty-five, twenty-six, even a twenty-seven hour week! — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 180, 1978
- Well, me and the other sheilas had been rootin’ our arses off for weeks, rakin’ in the dough for the old cow see. — Lance Peters, The Dirty Half-Mile, p. 94, 1979
- — Barry Humphries, The Traveller’s Tool, p. 21, 1985
- Some dim, distant spark of rationality tried to get him to give up, to let them in, to shower and change and then lie his arse off for the cameras. — Harrison Biscuit, The Search for Savage Henry, p. 84, 1995
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