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| '''Ass''' may refer to: | |||
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| *The most common phonological and spelling variation of ] in American English, a word for the ] or for the ]<ref>“.” The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. www.bartleby.com/61/. Accessed 2006-10-23.</ref> | |||
| *Ass, from Old English ''assa'', ultimately from Latin ''asinus'', is the older word for ]. | |||
| ** ] may mean the wild donkey, or it may mean its wild relative the ], also known as a "half ass" -another animal of the horse genus. | |||
| ** Figuratively, a ] (], ], ]). The ass (donkey) typified clumsiness and stupidity since ancient times; ''asshead'' dates to 1550, ''to make an ass of oneself'' to 1590 - this has been conflated with "arse". | |||
| * "Asses" is also the (English and Latin) plural of the ], a Roman weight and unit of money. | |||
| * Abbreviation of ''assinatura'', Portuguese for "sign(ature)". | |||
| * In Old Norse mythology, an ] is one of the ]. | |||
| * ''Ass'' is the local name of the Italian commune of ]. | |||
| * ''Ass'' variations include and are not limited to: ass hole, jackass, ass-o-lantern, etc. | |||
| * ] is the title of a 1973 album by the band ]. | |||
| The acronym '''ASS''' stands for: | |||
| * ], a human gene that encodes for the enzyme ]. | |||
| * ], made in France from 1919 to 1920. | |||
| * ] (TV program). | |||
| * ], a seller of surplus and educational goods, many of which are odd, amusing, and/or useful. | |||
| * ] (National Rail code: ASS), a railway station in the United Kingdom {{Sildb prim|ASS|station information}}; {{Mmukpcloc|IV17|0UE}}; {{Brldb prim|ASS|live departures and arrivals}}. | |||
| * The German generic term for ] (short for ''Acetylsalicylsäure'', ''acetylsalicylic acid''), comparable to the term ] in some English-speaking countries. | |||
| * ], a subtitles format. | |||
| * ], a card game also known as ''Ass''. | |||
| * ], a faulty proof of congruency of two triangles (also called SSA). | |||
| * ], known as the American Sociological Society until 1959. | |||
| * ], an Austrian non-profit organization. | |||
| * ]. | |||
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