The Oxford English Dictionary has added "Masshole" to its lexicon, WCVB reports:
The term was added to the dictionary as a noun and is considered vulgar slang that is "a contemptuous term for a native or inhabitant of the state of Massachusetts."
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Oh how classy
By anon
Thu, 06/25/2015 - 7:45am
Oh how classy
World Class,
By anon
Thu, 06/25/2015 - 9:04am
Baby ! Woo-hoo !
Why the dictionary..
By Jeffery
Thu, 06/25/2015 - 9:26am
..and not the DSM?
Literal LOL
By Scratchie
Thu, 06/25/2015 - 10:19am
Well, more of a snort, really.
Let me be the first to say
By Scratchie
Thu, 06/25/2015 - 10:20am
About fuckin time.
contemptuous?!
By Malcolm Tucker
Thu, 06/25/2015 - 11:04am
I fuckin' beg your pardon, OED. It is a badge of HONOR to be a Masshole!
You misspelled
By Scratchie
Thu, 06/25/2015 - 11:05am
"Onnah".
damn it.
By Malcolm Tucker
Thu, 06/25/2015 - 11:09am
Foiled again by my own rhoticity!
I get my rhoticity at Bahstin
By anon
Thu, 06/25/2015 - 1:32pm
I get my rhoticity at Bahstin Mahkit. Wicked tasty.
Well
By MostlyHarmless
Thu, 06/25/2015 - 2:02pm
I've been told the mark of a true Masshole is that you understand the term to be a compliment.
A Singular Distinction?
By Suldog
Thu, 06/25/2015 - 3:28pm
Are there any other states with such a term in the OED? Off the top of my head, I can't think of one that might qualify.
Suldog
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Maniac for one
By Markk02474
Thu, 06/25/2015 - 8:09pm
Though, not in the OED as such. I'll keep thinking about others, like cheesehead.
Douchey
By bulgingbuick
Fri, 06/26/2015 - 8:21am
McDouchbag will be happy to see this.
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