Talk:Asshole

Tags & Info

I added the necessary tags to this page including the vandalism tag, also there should be some more historical information added to give a deeper and more verifiable account to help backup all the original research presented and there needs to be some verifiable evidence. A list of sources would be a good start.

There also needs to be a deeper discussion about the whole topic including semantics. If there is an expert on the subject who can comment it would be greatly appreciated!

Semi-protected edit request on 27 June 2020

add distintion between species 23emr (talk) 22:52, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. ‑‑ElHef (Meep?) 23:38, 27 June 2020 (UTC)

Research to add

• Brinkley M. Sharpe, Courtland S. Hyatt, Donald R. Lynam, Joshua D. Miller; “They Are Such an Asshole”: Describing the Targets of a Common Insult Among English-Speakers in the United States. Collabra: Psychology 5 January 2022; 8 (1): 32552. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.32552

Semi-protected edit request on 23 August 2022

Sailors use this word to describe a knot created in a coil of rope that renders the line useless until the tangle is removed. 2601:192:8501:D380:A99D:E0D0:3D80:7A0D (talk) 16:48, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 17:06, 23 August 2022 (UTC)

Change article title to Arsehole?

Since the article says that the standard is arsehole and the exception is asshole, shouldn't the article title be changed? 159.196.31.126 (talk) 11:37, 28 August 2022 (UTC)

The article appears to have been started in American English which appears to use "asshole". So, it probably should retain the existing English variant. See wp:ENGVAR re policy. The article does have an interesting origin Adakiko (talk) 11:46, 28 August 2022 (UTC)