dumbassery
dumbassery noun: immature, foolish behavior; behavior typical of a dumbass.
Noun
dumbassery (uncountable)
- Immature, foolish behavior; behavior typical of a dumbass.
- Speaking of savages, Bruce Cowell and his pack of jock-wannabes, who'd been kicked off every school team because of attitude problems and/or the use of illegal substances, were right on schedule for their weekly feats of dumbassery.2008, Sara Zarr, Story of a Girl, →ISBN
- Wikileaks has always had a healthy sense of self-importance—one that seems, at least in part, well-deserved. But there's something uniquely hubristic about accusing a major newspaper (and former collaborator) of "gross negligence or malice" over the release of 251,000 unredacted top-secret...2011 August 31, Max Read, “Wikileaks^([sic]) Freaks Out at Newspaper Over Its Own Dumbassery”, in Gawker, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2011
- Synonyms:
- dumbassity
Synonyms of dumbassery
Origin of dumbassery
From dumbass + -ery.
Questions about dumbassery
- What does dumbassery mean?
- Dumbassery means immature, foolish behavior; behavior typical of a dumbass.
- What part of speech is dumbassery?
- Dumbassery is a noun.
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