jackassery

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English

Etymology

From jackass +‎ -ery.

Noun

jackassery (usually uncountable, plural jackasseries)

  1. The foolish or obnoxious behaviour of a jackass.
    • 1955, Rex Stout, "When a Man Murders...", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 134:
      the hypothesis that Karnow had made a new will deserved a little exploration. To ask any of you about it would of course have been jackassery.
    • 2022, Sen. Ben Sasse, during Ketanji Brown Jackson's SCOTUS confirmation hearings
      We should recognize that the jackassery we often see around here is partly because of people mugging for short-term camera opportunities.