grassy ass
English
Etymology
From Spanish gracias (“thank you”).
Interjection
grassy ass
- (humorous) Eye dialect spelling of gracias.
- 1977, Robert Coover, The public burning, page 20:
- "Grassy-ass, amigos! Mooch-ass grassy-ass!" Ha ha, de nada, jefe
- 2007, Louis Gerard Mendoza, Toni Marie Nelson Herrera, Telling tongues: a Latin@ anthology on language experience, link
- Grassy ass Maggie.
- 2011, Jane H. Hill, The Everyday Language of White Racism, page 140:
- The joke “Grassy-Ass” for “Gracias” (diversely realized in images on humorous greeting cards
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Related terms
- grassy arse
- mooch ass grassy ass
See also
- mercy bucket
- silver plate
References
- The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English