my arse

my arse

English

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Interjection

my arse

1. (slang, Britain, Ireland, vulgar) Indicates incredulous disapproval, contradiction or disbelief.
   • 2015, Burrow, Colin, “The Empty Bath”, in London Review of Books, volume 37, number 12:

     Does this circuitous process of misinformation display the ‘liquid clearness of an Ionian sky’? My arse it does.

   • 1999 September 30, Caroline Aherne, Craig Cash, Carmel Morgan, The Royle Family, season 2, episode 1, spoken by Denise Royle, Jim Royle & Barbara Royle (Caroline Aherne, Ricky Tomlinson & Sue Johnston):

     Denise: Dad! Your fly hole's all undone.
     Jim: Ah, the cage might be open, but the beast is asleep.
     Barbara: Beast my arse.

Synonyms

• fiddlesticks, horsefeathers, my ass, my foot, pull the other one; see also Thesaurus:bullshit

Translations

Indicates disapproval, disregard or disbelief

Chinese: Cantonese: 個屁, 个屁 (go3 pei3) Mandarin: 你妹 (nǐmèi), 你個頭／你个头 (nǐgetóu), 個頭／个头 (zh) (getóu), 個屁／个屁 (gepì) Danish: min røv French: mon cul (fr) German: am Arsch (de) Russian: твою́ мать (tvojú matʹ) Spanish: y una mierda Vietnamese: cái đầu mày

Anagrams

• Rameys, Ramsey, smeary