jackassery
English
Etymology
jackass + -ery
Noun
jackassery (usually uncountable, plural jackasseries)
- 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.
- 1955, Rex Stout, "When a Man Murders...", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 134: