assholeryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From asshole +‎ -ery.

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名詞

assholery (countable and uncountable, plural assholeries)

1. (vulgar) Patterns of behavior consistent with those of an asshole.

   Near-synonyms: assclownery, asshattery, assholedom, assholism, douchebaggery, douchery

   • 1973, Thomas Pynchon, Gravity's Rainbow, 1st US edition, New York: Viking Press, →ISBN, part 2: Une Perm au Casino Hermann Goering, page 209:

     As the War's front moves away from them, and the Casino becomes more and more a rear area, as the water grows more polluted and the prices rise, so the personnel coming down on leave get noisier and more dedicated to pure assholery—none of Tantivy's style about them, his habit of soft-shoe dancing when drunk, his make-believe foppishness and shy, decent impulses to conspire, however marginally, whenever possible, against power and indifference.

   • 1976, John Irving, The World According to Garp:

     Garp felt dishonest with Cushie for not mentioning what he took to, be the utter assholery of her father, Fat Stew.

   • 1983, Stephen King, Pet Sematary:

     It was a piece of utter assholery of course, like the stupid confidence of a man who believes it's safe to drive when totally shitfaced as long as he's wearing his St. Christopher's medallion.

   • 2021 April 7, Conor Friedersdorf, “The Sexual Identity That Emerged on TikTok”, in The Atlantic‎, archived from the original on 2021-04-07:

     And the incentives were perverse: In a culture war, assholery or hypocrisy against the other side can raise your status with allies.

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