Asshole

:This article is about the word "Asshole". For the card game sometimes known as "Asshole", see President (game).

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Asshole or arsehole (outside the U.S.) is a term referring to the anus. It is generally used as a profanity in expressing deep contempt for someone or to describe a particularly abrasive person.

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This word is found in colloquial speech in a number of cultures (in both English and other languages). This is due to the fact that it describes an organ of elimination that is considered a taboo region (belonging to the intimate parts) of the body in many societies.

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The English word ass (meaning donkey, derived from the same root as its zoological name Equus asinus) may also be used as a term of contempt, referring to a silly or stupid person. In recent years, the words arse and ass have become synonymous in the United States, however in the rest of the world, ass still only refers to the donkey, rather than the arse (buttocks). It is worth noting that some varieties of English drop the letter "r", leading to practically identical pronunciations of ass and arse.

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Until the early 1990s, the word was considered one of a number of taboo words that could not be uttered on commercial television in the United States. Comedian Andrew Dice Clay caused major controversy when he uttered the word during a televised awards show in the 1980s. By 1994, however, the word had become less a taboo, and was often featured in dialogue on the long-running television series NYPD Blue; it has yet to become anything close to commonplace on network TV, however. It is important to note that while the word ass has found a place on broadcast television, asshole is not used, probably due to its more vulgar connotation.

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In 1993, actor Denis Leary enjoyed some success with a comedic song called "Asshole" which opened his stage play No Cure For Cancer and was featured in a music video. The British ska-punk band Snuff also have a song named Arsehole.

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In 2004, the website Filmstripinternational.com created a popular internet filmstrip about the Bush administration using the song "Asshole" by the band Jim's Big Ego.

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The scientific term black hole proved problematic, because its literal translation into Russian turned out to be the Russian equivalent of "asshole".

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Anus: In anatomy, the anus is the external opening of the rectum. Closure is controlled by sphincter muscles. Feces are expelled from the body through the anus during the act of defecation, which is the primary function of the anus. Most animals — from simple worms to elephants and humans — ha...

Profanity: Profanity is a word choice or usage which its audience considers to be offensive. The original meaning of the term was restricted to blasphemy, sacrilege or speaking God's name in vain (profane speech, or swear word), especially expressions such as "God damn it", "go to Hell", and "damn you". The w...

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