Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

assholism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: assholism
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Consistently antisocial behavior.

Countable; Slang; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] I embraced him [Mark Harris] because of his vigor and contempt with all his assholism included"
"I've often observed that assholeism tends to run in families."

Etymology

From asshole + -ism. Attested in print from 1970 (by Seymour Krim), apparently from Beat Generation slang. Also popularized by the main character named Divine from the John Waters film Pink Flamingos.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: asshole

Usage

Inflected Forms

assholisms (plural) arseholeism (alternative) arsehole-ism (alternative) assholeism (alternative) asshole-ism (alternative) arseholism (alternative)

Synonyms

assholedom assholery assholic assholey

Questions

What does assholism mean?: Consistently antisocial behavior.
Where does assholism come from?: From asshole + -ism. Attested in print from 1970 (by Seymour Krim), apparently from Beat Generation slang. Also popularized by the main character named Divine from the John Waters film Pink Flamingos.

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