Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

arse bandit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English

Syllables: ar-se ban-dit
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of ass bandit, a gay man.

British usage; Derogatory; Slang

Example Sentences

"DS Gavin Troy: But why would they want to kill her? Unless it was adultery. I suppose they could have been arse bandits. DCI Tom Barnaby: What? Troy: In the wood. Barnaby: You mean homosexuals, Troy. Troy: Well, that's what I said. Barnaby: You are as politically correct as a Nuremberg rally."
"[...] all the sodomites and catamites, poncey sausage jockeys, arse bandits, turd burglars and fudge packers, fur burger-licking carpet munchers, gormless imbeciles, morons, geeks, cretins and retards […]"

Etymology

From arse + bandit. Cf. turd burglar.

Usage

Inflected Forms

arse bandits (plural) arse-bandit (alternative)

Questions

What does arse bandit mean?: Alternative form of ass bandit, a gay man.
Where does arse bandit come from?: From arse + bandit. Cf. turd burglar.

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