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Happy Pride month! It's also Shakespeare season, and I had butts on the brain, so although our local Shakespeare in the Park is performing Twelfth Night<\/i>, here's a little Midsummer Night's Dream<\/i>:<\/p>\n
BOTTOM 1<\/sup>ass<\/b> \\'as, 'aa(ə)s, 'ais also<\/i> 'ȧs in NE & Brit esp (in Brit at least) in sense 2<\/i>\\ n<\/i> -es<\/span> [ME asse<\/i>, fr. OE assa<\/i>, perh. fr. OIr asan<\/i>, fr. L asinus<\/i>, prob. fr. a language of Asia Minor; akin to the source of Gr onos<\/i> ass] 1:<\/b> any of several mammals of the genus Equus<\/i> that are smaller than the horse, with a shorter mane and shorter hair on the tail, with long ears, and without callosities on the inner surface of the hind limbs, that are hardy and gregarious sure-footed natives of Asia and No. Africa, and of which one species (E. asinus<\/i>) is the domestic ass, a rugged, patient, but somewhat stubborn beast of burden, made a popular symbol of obstinacy and stupidity — see kiang, mule<\/span> 2:<\/b> one that is utterly silly: a simple-minded fool often marked by stubbornness or stolidity <when they make ~es<\/i> of themselves they do it in the grand style — Leonard Bacon><\/span><\/p>\n 4<\/sup>ass<\/b> or<\/i> arse<\/b> \\in the US<\/i> 'as, 'aa(e)s, 'ais also<\/i> 'ȧs, and sometimes<\/i> 'ärs euphemistically by speakers who have preconsonantal<\/i> r and who are aware that there is a spelling \"arse\";<\/i> 'ȧs in standard Brit and<\/i> 'ȧ(r)s or<\/i> 'ärs or<\/i> 'ārs or<\/i> 'ers in Brit and Scot dialect; in the US the pronunc<\/i> 'ȧs occurs chiefly in NE and is there prob more often associated with the spelling \"ass\" than with \"arse\"<\/i>\\ n<\/i> -es<\/span> [ME ars, ers,<\/i> fr. OE ærs, ears<\/i>; akin to OHG & ON ars<\/i> buttocks, Gk orrhos<\/i>, Arm o\u1e59<\/i>, Hitt arraš<\/i>, OIr err<\/i> tail] 1 a:<\/b> buttocks, rump<\/span> — often considered vulgar b:<\/b> anus<\/span> — often considered vulgar 2<\/b> dial Brit<\/i>:<\/b> the lower or rear end of anything: bottom<\/span> 3:<\/b> sexual intercourse<\/span> — usu. considered vulgar<\/span><\/p>\n from Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language Unabridged<\/i>, 1981, Volume 1, p. 130<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Happy Pride month! It's also Shakespeare season, and I had butts on the brain, so although our local Shakespeare in the Park is performing Twelfth Night, here's a little Midsummer Night's Dream: BOTTOMI see their knavery. This is to make an ass of me, to fright me, if they could. But I will not stir … Continue reading Art: Ass<\/span>
I see their knavery. This is to make an ass of
me, to fright me, if they could. But I will not stir
from this place, do what they can. I will walk up
and down here, and I will sing, that they shall hear
I am not afraid.<\/span><\/p>\n
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