Comments on: Explaining The Prefixes “Ass” and “Butt” To A Foreigner http://internetzillionaire.com/2007/08/explaining-the-prefixes-ass-and-butt-to-a-foreigner/ Funny with a lot of zeros involved. Thu, 19 Apr 2012 23:22:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GTO http://internetzillionaire.com/2007/08/explaining-the-prefixes-ass-and-butt-to-a-foreigner/comment-page-1/#comment-90717 GTO Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:50:27 +0000 http://internetzillionaire.com/2007/08/explaining-the-prefixes-ass-and-butt-to-a-foreigner/#comment-90717 Thanks for the article...I was once asked what the conversion factor of a buttload is...and I have wondered off and on for about ten years what the answer is. TY for setting me straight! Thanks for the article…I was once asked what the conversion factor of a buttload is…and I have wondered off and on for about ten years what the answer is. TY for setting me straight!

]]> By: justin http://internetzillionaire.com/2007/08/explaining-the-prefixes-ass-and-butt-to-a-foreigner/comment-page-1/#comment-55509 justin Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:35:20 +0000 http://internetzillionaire.com/2007/08/explaining-the-prefixes-ass-and-butt-to-a-foreigner/#comment-55509 I dunno about ass-late or ass-early. I've never used that phrase or heard anyone say it. But then, this word that refers to the human anatomy has enjoyed the flexibility of the f-word. Private parts FTW. I dunno about ass-late or ass-early. I’ve never used that phrase or heard anyone say it. But then, this word that refers to the human anatomy has enjoyed the flexibility of the f-word. Private parts FTW.

]]> By: Bailes http://internetzillionaire.com/2007/08/explaining-the-prefixes-ass-and-butt-to-a-foreigner/comment-page-1/#comment-53365 Bailes Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:42:12 +0000 http://internetzillionaire.com/2007/08/explaining-the-prefixes-ass-and-butt-to-a-foreigner/#comment-53365 what about shitload, where does that rank? what about shitload, where does that rank?

]]> By: Terry Heath http://internetzillionaire.com/2007/08/explaining-the-prefixes-ass-and-butt-to-a-foreigner/comment-page-1/#comment-52893 Terry Heath Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:48:20 +0000 http://internetzillionaire.com/2007/08/explaining-the-prefixes-ass-and-butt-to-a-foreigner/#comment-52893 I've always considered myself a native speaker of english, and I'm even studying is for my M.A. (and the "A" doesn't, as you might think, stand for anything to do with "ass"), and I never realized there was a difference between the two terms or that they of all things indicated a difference in measurement. Boy, am I em-bare-assed. I’ve always considered myself a native speaker of english, and I’m even studying is for my M.A. (and the “A” doesn’t, as you might think, stand for anything to do with “ass”), and I never realized there was a difference between the two terms or that they of all things indicated a difference in measurement.

Boy, am I em-bare-assed.

]]> By: solo http://internetzillionaire.com/2007/08/explaining-the-prefixes-ass-and-butt-to-a-foreigner/comment-page-1/#comment-52711 solo Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:05:20 +0000 http://internetzillionaire.com/2007/08/explaining-the-prefixes-ass-and-butt-to-a-foreigner/#comment-52711 i got ass-loaded last night and felt like ass today. works as a noun/adjective. describes yet is a proper noun. i got ass-loaded last night and felt like ass today. works as a noun/adjective. describes yet is a proper noun.

]]> By: The Captive Lion http://internetzillionaire.com/2007/08/explaining-the-prefixes-ass-and-butt-to-a-foreigner/comment-page-1/#comment-52440 The Captive Lion Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:48:57 +0000 http://internetzillionaire.com/2007/08/explaining-the-prefixes-ass-and-butt-to-a-foreigner/#comment-52440 An intelligent read about the english language. You crammed a butt-load of knowledge in there and kept it ass-entertaining. I always wondered where my mandibula was! (If you remember this reference, I'll buy you a beer!) There seems to be one more type of usage that you left out of the definition. The <em>oxymoronic substitution</em>. The oxymoronic substitution is where you take a word that means something good like "fantastic" and swap out the first syllable with the word "ass." You'll see it quickly becomes "ass-tastic." And it means just the opposite of "fantastic." Ass becomes the instant negator; it blocks all fans from becoming tastic. Who could be a fan of asstastic? On second thought, kudos for leaving that out. An intelligent read about the english language. You crammed a butt-load of knowledge in there and kept it ass-entertaining. I always wondered where my mandibula was! (If you remember this reference, I’ll buy you a beer!)

There seems to be one more type of usage that you left out of the definition. The oxymoronic substitution.

The oxymoronic substitution is where you take a word that means something good like “fantastic” and swap out the first syllable with the word “ass.” You’ll see it quickly becomes “ass-tastic.” And it means just the opposite of “fantastic.” Ass becomes the instant negator; it blocks all fans from becoming tastic. Who could be a fan of asstastic?

On second thought, kudos for leaving that out.

]]> By: Biscuitrat http://internetzillionaire.com/2007/08/explaining-the-prefixes-ass-and-butt-to-a-foreigner/comment-page-1/#comment-52340 Biscuitrat Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:26:26 +0000 http://internetzillionaire.com/2007/08/explaining-the-prefixes-ass-and-butt-to-a-foreigner/#comment-52340 Narziss, I think there have actually been three textbooks on the matter since the popularization of the term. And, as English is quite the lingua franca now, I can proudly say that these fine prefixes are now internationally used terms. Thanks for the calculations! I was stumbling a bit with my conversions :( Narziss, I think there have actually been three textbooks on the matter since the popularization of the term. And, as English is quite the lingua franca now, I can proudly say that these fine prefixes are now internationally used terms.

Thanks for the calculations! I was stumbling a bit with my conversions :(

]]> By: Narziss http://internetzillionaire.com/2007/08/explaining-the-prefixes-ass-and-butt-to-a-foreigner/comment-page-1/#comment-52308 Narziss Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:12:18 +0000 http://internetzillionaire.com/2007/08/explaining-the-prefixes-ass-and-butt-to-a-foreigner/#comment-52308 Hmph. Is nativity <em>Really</em> the factor here? Because I seriously believe that ass and butt attached with other words in colloquial usage are mere slang's, and definitely not statically defined! :) Hmph. Is nativity Really the factor here? Because I seriously believe that ass and butt attached with other words in colloquial usage are mere slang’s, and definitely not statically defined! :)

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