asshat

American  

[as-hat] / ˈæsˌhæt /

noun

Slang: Vulgar.

1. a foolish, annoying, or contemptible person; asshole.

   It’s hard to raise a child without asshats regularly making commentary about what they think is wrong with your child or your parenting.

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Other Word Forms

• asshattery noun

Etymology

Origin of asshat

First recorded in 2000–05; ass ² ( def. ) + hat ( def. 1 ); of uncertain origin; perhaps from the expression “to have one's head up one's ass” (and thus to wear one's ass as a hat); perhaps from the movie The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), in which one character orders another to “get in line before I kick you so hard you’ll be wearin’ your ass for a hat”

Example Sentences

Harper is eye-wateringly expensive, coming from a big market contender, and a total asshat.

From Golf Digest

Patrick Reed captured both the green jacket and the purple asshat.

From Golf Digest

“Looks like you found a way to use others ways of mourning and their memories to draw some attention to yourself. You sound like a real asshat,” Morgan wrote in a tweet that has since been deleted.

From Fox News

The files were allegedly saved to a folder on the flash drive with the file path "Debacle\Emails\Asshat."

From Fox News

Lane Kiffin's resume might say "head ball coach", but he's made his living as an asshat, agitator, sleazeball, and snake.

From Golf Digest