I don’t know if this should be in the Pit, but since it concerns non-MPSIMS-ish language I’ll put it here:
Why do people say “asshat”? It makes no sense to me. It’s anatomically impossible, for one thing, and doesn’t sound particularly derogatory for another.
Is an asshat what a person wears when they have their head up their posterior?
Please explain. Thanks! (If I’m allowed to say that in a Pit thread!
–Nenya
It would seem to imply that one had one’s head inserted in one’s anus.
It means that you are going to have the wrath of Gale Snopes rained down upon you.
Elucidate? I haven’t seen that movie so I don’t get the reference…
“Anyone left bipedal in five wears his ass for a hat”
Said during a bank robbery.
From your link there, I do like this
Of course - fans of Raising Arizona are bound to like Lethal Weapon 4!
Not to mention Another 48 Hours and Repo Man! Ah, the joys of statistics.
Thanks for spotting me on that one, Joe_Cool. That was exactly my reference.
Isn’t “asshat” a jarbabyj-ism? It sounds like one of hers, but I don’t want to bog down the hamsters with a search for its first use on the SDMB.
It would appear that Guin coined it or used it first here. Great word btw, whoever came up with it.
Thanks. Yep, I brought “asshat” to the SDMB. But I didn’t coin it-I got it from SAAN*, who, I suspect, got it from SA**
*Smile And Act Nice, now gone, but we have a new forum called El SAANo
**Something Awful
This is a serious character flaw, which needs to remedied at the earliest opportunity.
Well thanks for bringing it here
Asshat! 
Back in '88, when I turned 18, I used to go see Dennis Leary at Nick’s Comedy Stop (Boston) on a regular basis. He had a point in his routine where he would start singing, “Liberace…Liberace…Liberace…His Ass WAS A HAT!!”
That’s where I got it from:D
Do some of us say “arsehat”?
Personally, I prefer the more dignified “jizzrag” as an epithet.
Well, now at least I have some sort of reference for the term. Does sound very Guin-ish or jarbabyj-like. It’s struck my fancy lately, and I’ve started to use it a bit IRL. Mostly to myself when I’m being a pain.
Raising Arizona, eh? I’ll keep that in mind. Thanks, all.
[shameless self-congratulation]
Hey, 13 replies to a Pit thread by me! Am I cool or what?! <no, don’t answer that>
[/shameless self-congratulation]
–Nenya E.
With all due respect to Guinastasia, SA, SAAN, et al, I don’t think the term “asshat” was invented by them. It’s a reasonably common insult amongst my friends - none of whom read message boards - and has been for a couple years.
But we didn’t invent it.
Hence
Thanks. Yep, I brought “asshat” to the SDMB. But I didn’t coin it-I got it from SAAN, who, I suspect, got it from SA** *