2007-02-26 09:55:17 · 11 answers · asked by ? 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It's not a swear word. It's an adjective used as an insult. It comes from the word a/s/s/ (donkey). Donkeys are known to be less than smart and often very stubborn. So if you call someone assinine you could mean stupid or stubborn.
2007-02-26 10:04:13 · answer #1 · answered by Just Me 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Don't regard what the first answerer said; you spelled the word correctly. "Asinine" is NOT a swear word; it means "silly" or "ridiculous."
For instance, when I was in high school (mid 1980's), someone asked a graduating senior girl what her major was going to be. She said that "that was the most ASININE question you could ask a girl." She said that the only reason girls go to college is to meet guys and get married! She figured she'd join a sorority, meet frat guys, and get married in a year or two!
My response to this was that this girl had a very ASININE point of view! To believe, as late as the 1980's, that the only reason for a girl to go to college was to meet a husband! Now THAT is ASININE!
2007-02-26 18:15:14 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Hannah is wrong about the spelling. Your spelling is correct. Asinine is not a swear word, but it is an insult since it means very stupid.
2007-02-26 18:02:55 · answer #3 · answered by Lillian L 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Most swear word only have 4 letters. hahaha
2007-02-26 18:02:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The word is 'assanine' and no, it is not a swear word, although it's not a nice thing to call someone (It means foolish and stupid)
2007-02-26 17:58:40 · answer #5 · answered by hannah_058 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You know the word gullible is not in the dictionary?
2007-02-26 18:03:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only if you're a bible-banging Christian goody two-shoes
2007-02-26 18:02:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
no----it is just a way to express that something is ridiculously stupid, unnecessary, or outrageously incompetent.
2007-02-26 18:00:49 · answer #8 · answered by Cdub719 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means ' like an ***' (the animal, not the body part).
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2007-02-26 17:59:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. It means stupid.
2007-02-26 18:00:09 · answer #10 · answered by notyou311 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋