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▪ I. arse, n. Obs. in polite use.
Forms: 1 ærs, ears, 1–7 ars, 4–5 ers(e, eeres, arce, 4–9 arse.
[common Teut.: cf. OHG., ON., Da., Sw. ars, OFris. ers, G. arsch, OTeut. *ars-oz, cogn. w. Gr. ὄρρος, *ὄρσος.]
1. a. The fundament, buttocks, posteriors, or rump of an animal.
c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wright 44/2 Nates, ears-lyre. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. v. 175 Baleised on þe bare ers [v.r. ars], and no breche bitwene. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. vii. liv. (1495) 267 Emoroides ben fuyue veynes whyche stretche out atte the eeres. 1480Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxxvi. 233 They lete hange fox tailles..to hele and hyde her arses. 1547Boorde Brev. Health xxv. 15 b, The 25th chapitre dothe shewe of a mannes ars. 1663Butler Hud. i. iii. 964 Then mounted both upon their Horses, But with their Faces to the Arses. 1704Swift Batt. Books (1711) 235 Do you think I have nothing else to do but to mend and repair after your Arse? [i.e. behind you, in your rear.]
b. in phr. heavy arse: a lazy fellow, a lie-a-bed. to hang the arse: to hold back, be reluctant or tardy. arse upwards: in good luck. arse over tip (or tit), head over heels; also fig.
1530Palsgr. 436/2 What up, heavy arse, cannest thou nat aryse. c1600Timon i. v. (1842) 20 This man this daye rose with his arse upwards; To daye a fidler, and at night a noble. 1611Cotgr., Fesse-cul, A Pedanticall whip-arse. 1633Massinger Guardian v. iv, Nay, No hanging an arse. 1663Butler Hud. i. i. 456 Could he stir To active trot one side of's Horse The other would not hang an arse. 1922Joyce Ulysses 461 Arse over tip. Hundred shillings to five. 1932W. S. Maugham Narrow Corner xi. 73 I'm pretty nimble on me feet, but I nearly come arse over tip two or three times. 1968A. Diment Gt. Spy Race x. 184, I scrambled down a sharp bank..almost going arse over tit when my foot caught in a branch. 1972Observer 24 Sept. 37/3 An alternative system which..turns Marx arse over tip. 1974P. Tinniswood Except you're a Bird xi. 69 He'll have me out of the job as soon as look at me. It'll be an arse over tit job in double quick time.
2. transf. or fig. The bottom; the lower or hinder end; the fag end, tail.
c1400Rom. Rose 7580 Thou shalt for this sinne dwelle Right in the divels arse of helle. 1556Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 73 Whyppyd..at the carttes arse..for vacobondes. 1622Mass. & Dekk. Virg. Mart. ii. i. Wks. IV. 37 The arse, as it were, or fag end of the world. 1750W. Ellis Mod. Husb. V. i. 11 [Lay the sheaves] in a sloping posture, close together, with their arses outward. 1880[see arse-end, sense 3 below].
3. Comb. and attrib., as arse-end; also spec. arse-end Charlie (see quot. 1942); arse-hole, arse-tharme, arse-therl, arse-winning, arse-wisp; arse-board (still dial.), the tail board of a cart; arse-gut, the rectum, also fig.; arse-licking vbl. n. and ppl. a., toadying; arse-long (cf. side-long); arse-push, a heavy backward fall; arse-ropes, intestines. Also arsefoot, arseling, arsesmart, arseward, q.v.
1880R. Holland in O. Farming Words 2 In Cheshire the stalk-end of a potato [is called] the ‘arse-end of a 'tater.’ 1942R. Hillary Last Enemy 132, I was shot down acting as Arse-end Charlie to a Squadron of Hurricanes. Arse-end Charlie is the man who weaves backwards and forwards above and behind the Squadron to protect them from attack from the rear. 1958P. Scott Mark of Warrior i. 52 We are out of date. We get the arse-end of any new equipment that's going.
1599A. M. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physic 139/2 For the comminge out of the Arsegutte. 1668R. Lestrange Vis. Quevedo (1708) 55 The very Arse-Gut, the Drain and Sink of Monarchies.
a1400in Wright Voc. 183 Arce-hoole, podex. 1930E. Pound XXX Cantos xiv. 61 Faces smeared on their rumps... Addressing crowds through their arse-holes. 1948Landfall II. 178 It's absolute comfort from arse-hole to breakfast-table. 1950Dylan Thomas Let. 17 July (1966) 350 This arsehole of the universe..this..fond sad Wales.
1912D. H. Lawrence in F. Lawrence Memoirs (1961) 189 [Written in D. H. L.'s hand over a flattering letter] Arse-licking. 1958P. Scott Mark of Warrior i. 30, I can't go up and say Were you my brother's C.O.?..it'd look like arse-licking. 1960F. Raphael Limits of Love i. ix. 116 The new fighting Yid still squeals like the old arse-licking kind.
1540T. Raynalde Byrth Man. (1564) 54 When it [the fœtus] proceedeth..sidelong, arselong, or backlong.
1611Cotgr., Culant, giuing an arse-posse vnto. 1660Howell, Arsepush.
1382Wyclif 1 Sam. v. 9 The arsroppis of hem goynge out stonken.
c1450in Wright Voc. 186/2 Cirbus, hars⁓tharme.
c1000ælfric ibid. 44/2 Anus vel verpus, ears þerl.
1393Langl. P. Pl. C. vii. 306 An hore of hure ers⁓wynninge · may hardiloker tythe.
1440Promp. Parv., Arswyspe, Maniperium, anitergium.
▸ Brit. slang. a. to disappear (also go, vanish, etc.) up one's own arse: to become excessively self-involved, pretentious, or conceited.
1966P. Marshall Excluded from Cemetery ii.iii. 181 You see, logic cannot stand the application of logic. Under such an application, logic will disappear up its own arse. 1972Art & Artists Apr. 27/2 For Ben, art must be synonymous with truth if it is to resolve its tendency to fly up its own arse. 1978Sounds 11 Feb. 16/1 The self-serious artistic and socio-political statements of the Woodstock Generation? Oh dear. They vanished up their own arses, alright. 1998Touch July 109/1 It's the kind of place that manages to revel in a bit of pretentious comfort without going too far up its own arse. 2008New Musical Express (Nexis) 31 May Oasis have disappeared up their own arse. They think they are Led Zeppelin.
b. to be up one's own arse and variants: to be self-involved, pretentious, or conceited.
1988Marketing 8 Sept. 9 A friend of mine, who didn't like them, described them as ‘stuck up their own arse’. 1997G. Williams Diamond Geezers xxviii. 170 Sanctimonious cowards, too up their own arses to feel pity for their victims. 2004Face Apr. 116/2 John is very tall, very smiley and not remotely up his own arse, considering he was the most fancied man on the planet.
▸ slang (chiefly Brit. and Irish English). my arse!: (expressing dismissive or incredulous contradiction, esp. as a scornful rejection of another's stated opinions) ‘nonsense!’, ‘like hell!’, ‘you must be joking!’ Usually after specifying word or phrase. Cf. my foot! at foot n. 1d.
[1602B. Jonson Poetaster iv. vii, Cris. They say, he's valiant. Tvcc. Valiant? so is mine arse.] 1933M. Lowry Ultramarine vi. 236 ‘Got icebreakers on them.’ ‘Icebreakers my arse.’ 1947P. Greer in Penguin New Writing XXIX. 26 ‘Youns a lot of cod, anyway. Gentleman farmer me arse,’ he said sarcastically. 1981D. Wilcox & E. Rantzen Kill Chocolate Biscuit viii. 137 ‘I think we should both be pleased that she's made this friendly gesture—even if it is a little eccentric.’ ‘Eccentric my arse,’ he said, shocking me into silence. 1999C. Aherne et al. Royle Family Scripts: Ser. 2 (2000) Episode 7 160 Barbara. Let's all have a snowball! Don't snowballs make your feel Christmassy, ey? Jim. Snowballs my arse. It's a bloody swizz this Christmas lark.
▸ slang (orig. and chiefly Brit.). arse about face: (a) adj. contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical; perverse; (b) adv. in completely the wrong order or manner; back to front. Cf. arsy-versy adv. and adj., ass-backwards adv. and adj.
1946R. Grinstead They dug Hole ii. i. 70 That's the army all over, arse about face. 1973I. Cochrane Streak of Madness 53 He always got his words arse about face. He said to Da one morning: ‘I put my foot in the horn as the trousers blew eight.’ 1983J. Sullivan Only Fools & Horses (1999) I. (3rd Ser.) 3rd Ser. Episode 5. 170/2 All I asked you to do was to put the box of wine in the fridge and me tub of neapolitan ice-cream in the freezer. But no, you get that arse about face, don't you? 2001Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 9 Mar. 28 Most people think technology, then processes, then people. That's arse about face. People is where it starts and stops.
▸ Brit. and Irish English slang. a. to—— one's arse off: to—— intensely, vigorously, or to excess. Freq. in to work (etc.) one's arse off: to work extremely hard. Cf. ass n.2 3b.
With quot. 1923, cf. tear-arse n. at tear- comb. form Affix 2.
1923J. Manchon Le Slang 54 To tear one's arse off, s'échiner à travailler. 1981F. Laker in Forbes (Nexis) 3 Aug. 34 If I don't work my arse off all the time, the dividend drops, the value of the shares goes down and that puts mine down. 1988C. Wallace-Crabbe I'm deadly Serious 16 You wake on your sodden pillow..then shiver your arse off. 1992P. McCabe Butcher Boy (1993) 138, I went away laughing my arse off. 1994Face Sept. 157/2, 90 per cent of clubbers go to clubs to cop off, dance their arses off and get out of their head. 2000Courier (Aberystwyth Univ. Students' Union) 22 Feb. 25/1 Great I'm gonna be away from home for two months working my arse off in different towns.
b. to—— the arse off someone: to—— someone vigorously, intensely, or to an extreme degree. Freq. with reference to sexual intercourse.
1968G. M. Williams From Scenes like These vi. 130 For a while it had been enough just to know he was banging the arse off a toff's daughter. 1971F. Forsyth Day of Jackal xx. 336 We're looking for a fellow who screwed the arse off a Baroness..not a couple of raving nances. 1989M. Darke First of Midnight (BNC) 67 It's enough to freeze the arse off a cat. 1994Guardian 30 Mar. ii. 8/4 It would bore the arse off anybody, it's real anorak stuff. 2002Sunday Mirror (Electronic ed.) 14 July Her admission that she ‘fancied the arse off’ the male model.
▸ Brit. slang. A stupid, unpleasant, or contemptible person; a fool.
The use in quot. c 1784–5 is of a form deleted in the original manuscript, recorded by the editor, G. Keynes.
[c1784–5W. Blake Island in Moon ii, in Compl. Writings (1972) 46 If I have not presented you with every character in the piece, call me (Ass* Arse del.) Ass.] 1968E. Lovelace Schoolmaster xii. 191 Look, boy, don't play the arse, you hear. 1986C. Phillips State of Independence 139 A couple of stupid arses on motor bikes. 1990Record Mirror 3 Feb. 16/3 All manic fretwork and Bolshie beats, it guarantees you making an arse of yourself on the dancefloor. 2000N. Griffiths Grits (2001) 38 A didunt fancy er eetha—fuck no, scraggy old boot, witchy, sour-face—this was more, like, revenge on Browntree cos ee's an arse.
▸ int. Brit. slang. Expressing frustration, regret, or annoyance: ‘oh no!’ ‘damn!’.
1994Re: Absolutely in alt.comedy.british (Usenet newsgroup) 2 May And I missed it? Oh arse! 1996C. Brookmyre Quite Ugly One Morning xxx. 195 He felt something cold and metallic pressed into the back of his head. Arse, he thought. Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck. 2001Games Master Mar. 103/4 (caption) Arse! My iron undercrackers have rusted up again.
▸ arse bandit n. slang (derogatory and offensive orig. Brit.) a homosexual man.
1961E. Partridge Dict. Slang Suppl. 983 *Arse bandit, synonym for arse king [sc. a notorious sodomite]. 1966G. M. Williams Camp x. 152 A lot of poncey old arse-bandits. 2001Daily Tel. (Sydney) (Nexis) 15 Mar. t4, I don't have a problem with homosexuals, one of my best friends is an arse bandit.
▪ II. arse, v.
[f. n.]
(Cf. to elbow.) to arse about, arse around, to ‘mess around’, fool about. (Cf. ass v. 2.) slang.
1664Cotton Scarron. 9 Arsing about. 1922Joyce Ulysses 307 Arsing around from one pub to another. 1944‘N. Shute’ Pastoral ii. 22 Up in London you arse around and go to the local. 1947N. Streatfeild Grass in Piccadilly 148 Mrs. Dill would understand. She would never arse about yattering all over the place. 1960A. Wesker I'm Talking about Jerusalem 1, Don't arse around Ronnie, the men want their tea.
▸ trans. slang (chiefly Brit.). to arse up: to make a mess of; to bungle. Cf. cock v.1 6.
[1932Amer. Speech 7 329 John Hopkins Jargon... Assed up—mixed up.] 1979J. Wainwright Brainwash xxi. 96 Don't arse things up more than you have already. 1989R. Curtis & B. Elton Blackadder Goes Forth in R. Curtis et al. Black-Adder (1998) 379/1 He hates me because I completely arsed up his defence. 1997T3 Jan. 34/3 Never fiddle about with the disc drive settings..without knowing what you're doing. This will seriously arse up your drive and almost certainly make it unusable. 2001Sunday Herald (Nexis) 30 Dec. 17 With..Daft Punk and Air both arsing up their new albums.., it was left to Basement Jaxx and newcomers Royksopp to assume their vacant thrones.
▸ trans. (in pass.). slang (chiefly Brit. and Irish English). To be willing to make the required effort; to be bothered. Usu. in negative constructions, such as can't be arsed (to do something).
1988G. Patterson Burning your Own vii. 88 Don't forget who it was who organized the building of all this when you were too sulky to be arsed doing anything. 1991Face Feb. 34/2 No one else could be arsed doing it, mine was the only phone number anyone had, so I had to make a lot of decisions and I made a lot of wrong ones. 1992New Musical Express 12 Sept. 1 Sources close to the ‘artiste’ suggest the decision to cancel the tour was not made for glamorous or newsworthy reasons..just that he can't be arsed. 1995Mojo Jan. 58/1 He's not really arsed if Cigarettes & Alcohol is T.Rex. Doesn't care. 2000Minx Aug. 95/1 If you really weren't bothered about the bloke, you wouldn't be sufficiently arsed to cop off with him in the first place. |