back-sassv.

Brit.

/ˈbaksas/, U.S.

/ˈbækˌsæs/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: back- comb. form, sass v.

Etymology: < back- comb. form + sass v., after back sass n. and to sass back at sass v. 2.

U.S. colloquial.

transitive. To reply to or address (a person, esp. someone in authority) in an insolent or cheeky manner. Cf. to sass back at sass v. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] > speak impudently to

sauce1822

to give (a person) sauce1823

sass1836

cheek1840

chin1871

lip1898

back-sass1917

smart-mouth1970

1917 Amer. Mag. May 13/1 Old Johnny Lolo, the Shakespearean talking clown, sat on the ring back-sassing the ringmaster.

2008 C. R. Smith Chameleon xxvii. 153 ‘So where are your little hoodlum friends?’ ‘They in the living room. But they ain't hoodlums, Pop.’ ‘Don't you back-sass me, boy!’

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	back-sass
释义	back-sassv. Brit. /ˈbaksas/, U.S. /ˈbækˌsæs/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: back- comb. form, sass v. Etymology: < back- comb. form + sass v., after back sass n. and to sass back at sass v. 2. U.S. colloquial. transitive. To reply to or address (a person, esp. someone in authority) in an insolent or cheeky manner. Cf. to sass back at sass v. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > impudence > treat impudently [verb (transitive)] > speak impudently to sauce1822 to give (a person) sauce1823 sass1836 cheek1840 chin1871 lip1898 back-sass1917 smart-mouth1970 1917 Amer. Mag. May 13/1 Old Johnny Lolo, the Shakespearean talking clown, sat on the ring back-sassing the ringmaster. 2008 C. R. Smith Chameleon xxvii. 153 ‘So where are your little hoodlum friends?’ ‘They in the living room. But they ain't hoodlums, Pop.’ ‘Don't you back-sass me, boy!’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1917
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