assclown

See also: ass clown

English

Alternative forms

• arseclown, arse-clown (British)

Etymology

ass +‎ clown

Pronunciation

• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈæsˌklaʊn/

Noun

assclown (plural assclowns)

1. (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) A jerk; a buffoon; a person who is inept or ill-behaved to the point of being found laughable by others.
   • 1996 August 25, Ben Holstrom, “Re: Birth Certificate for Citizenship”, in misc.immigration.usa‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2018-10-04, message-ID <3220c9cc.5271157@nntp.ix.netcom.com>:

     This newsgroup--misc.immigration.usa--has a wide range of posters, some of which have legitimate concerns about legal immigration. Do you like being the AssClown. Let these people be, let them ask their immigration question free from your xenophobic harassments.

2. (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) A jerk; a buffoon; a person who uses their nature to bring humor to others, but ends up being the butt of a joke.
   • 2006, Brad Bauer, Hitting in the Clutch, iUniverse, published 2006, →ISBN, page 141:

     I'm a little loaded, and this assclown behind me has bumped me four times in a row.

   • 2006, Megan McCafferty, Charmed Thirds, Three Rivers Press, published 2006, →ISBN, page 261:

     "Pretentious, ambitionless assclown," I corrected.

   • 2012 June 19, Jef With One F, “5 Horrible Lessons Ender's Game Teaches Kids”, in Houston Press:

     Card is a raging homophobic assclown who believes that America should rise up violently and overthrow the government for any hint of support of same-sex marriage.

Derived terms

• assclownery
• arseclownery

See also

• asshat

Anagrams

• Clawsons