Asshat

Published on May 7, 2005 By MasonM In Misc

Asshat. It has become a fairly common insult these days. Did you ever wonder where the hell this particularly fun word came from? Well, I did some checking, and found the answer. Well, ok, one answer anyway.

An excerpt from the Asshat website:
ass·hat
n. slang
1. A thoroughly contemptible, detestable person.
2. Tight fitting underwear

From what I can trace back from archived IRC chats, the term 'asshat' was first used in the large European country of Sweden as an alternative for the word asshole From Sweden, by way of both train and ship, the word found it's way to the shores of western France, where it was used by a software coder named Louis (LOO-ee) in a telephone conversation with his second cousin in Newfoundland. This great man was responsible for sending this fashionable European word to North America for all children to enjoy!

You can ejoy reading the entire story on the history and origin of the asshat here: Link

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