-ass

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-ass

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Partially from ass, and partially from a corruption or simplification of assed.

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Canada, US, morpheme, slang, vulgar Used to intensify an adjective. That's a big-ass wrench you've got there.
Canada, US, morpheme, slang, vulgar Resembling. That's some Nixon-ass shit he's pulling.
Similar: quasi-, para-, -oid, -form, -iform, -esque, -ish, -ly, -some, -y, -like

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"-ass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-ass. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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-ass. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-ass

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"-ass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-ass.

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@misc{ass_2026,
  title = {-ass},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-ass},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}