asshole
Asshole is slang for the anus . The word is mainly used as a dirty word .
etymology
The word element of ass found in all Germanic languages ( alts. , Altn. , Swed. , Ahd. , MHG. And ENHG. Ars ; Old English AERS , Modern English ass , especially in American English also ass ; Dutch aars ; Low German ors , even nors , mors ) and allows the reconstruction of the ancient Germanic noun * arsaz . It is probably related to the ancient Greek ὄρρος (órros) "tail", which was also used as a strong expression for the buttocks and was therefore avoided in sophisticated language. A possible Urindo-European noun * h₁ors- is also air. err “tail” and Hittite arraš “buttocks”.
The term hole is of Old High German origin and means opening. The combination is likely to be from the early Middle Ages , as it occurs with the same content in both English and German. In Old High German, on the other hand, the term intestine is primarily used for the anus , derm , which was later transferred to the intestine .
Finger sign
A finger sign for asshole is a circle made up of your thumb and forefinger. This is used, for example, as a verbal abuse among motorists and in many regions of the world (e.g. Brazil). The same sign can also be understood as ok , e.g. B. as a standardized diving symbol .
Legal issues
The dirty word "asshole" can in criminal law the offense of insult to § 185 of the Criminal Code meet. Insult is the announcement of disregard or disregard for the offended victim or third party in the will that this statement is also taken note of. The intention must be to degrade the victim and to hurt their honor . A distinction must be made here between mere abuse criticism and value judgments . Mere defamatory criticism includes, in particular, swear words such as “asshole”, “useless”, “idiot”, etc. The offender is concerned with hurting the victim's honor, defamation is in the foreground, criticism in the background. Value judgments, on the other hand, are protected by freedom of expression according to Art. 5 GG .
Anyone who calls their superiors “old asshole” in labor law may not be dismissed without notice , but may be given a warning . In tenancy law , the severe insult "You asshole" pronounced during a dispute against the landlord justifies termination without notice. The deliberate and repeated gross insult to the landlord (twice "asshole" in a row), which does not result from a momentary loss of control, justifies the termination of rental contracts without notice . In this judgment, the Cologne Regional Court did not fail to recognize that an insulting statement can be excusable if it was made out of a provocation or in connection with a contentious atmosphere and if it is to be assessed as a momentary and very isolated lack of control . In road traffic law , being insulted as an "asshole" triggers a fine of up to 1,500 euros.
In September 2017, the public prosecutor of the canton of Basel-Landschaft recognized the word Scholarch (head of school) as an insult in a case in which it was used as an anagram for asshole; he then imposed a fine of 150 francs. The author moved the case to the criminal court, which sentenced him to pay court and legal fees. Since December 2019, this question has also been clarified by the highest court; the Federal Supreme Court supported the view of the criminal court and charged 3,000 francs court costs.
Use in literature
Fiction :
- In Charles Bukowski's work Post Office - German: The Man with the Leather Bag (1971) - a paragraph begins with: “What's wrong with assholes, baby?” ("What do you have against assholes, baby?") And he doesn't use the word sparingly either.
- In 1975, Roland Topor wrote Mémoires d'un vieux con , German: Memoirs of an old asshole - a fictional autobiography .
- The Little Asshole by Walter Moers is a well known comic book character .
- The philosophy professor Aaron James of the University of California wrote the book Assholes. A Theory in which he investigates the character traits of typical assholes.
- With regard to the working atmosphere in companies, the organizational psychologist Robert I. Sutton , professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business , also describes the distinguishing features of "assholes" in his book The Asshole Factor: The Skilful Dealing with Brutes, Schemes and Despots in Companies ( Heyne 2008, published as The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't 2007), which can also be used to identify suitable applicants in order to avoid being hired. In his opinion, they harm the company's productivity . He stressed that the extreme choice of words was necessary.
Newspaper:
- Georg Seeßlen - definition in Die Tageszeitung : “If someone accepts a big disadvantage in other people for a small advantage for himself, that is quite a mess. The smaller your own advantage in relation to the disadvantage of others, the higher the A-factor. The decent person begins where you accept a small disadvantage for yourself in exchange for a greater advantage for others. However, if you accept a major disadvantage in favor of a small advantage of others, you are either keen on a halo or have a small problem with the "helper syndrome". And gets into asshole danger again. "
stage
- A well-known example of its use in music is the song Schrei nach Liebe by the doctors , in which it is practically shouted in the face of a fictional neo-Nazi .
- The comedian Michael Mittermeier names a well-known song in his repertoire with the title Arschloch-Kind .
- The cabaret artist and author Fritz Eckenga praises the Ruhr area as follows: "The asshole density is not that high here."
Quote
- “ With all due respect, Mr. President, you are an asshole! "( Joschka Fischer : The Member of Parliament Fischer on October 18, 1984 to Richard Stücklen, then Vice-President of the Bundestag )
- "We won't let the eight assholes in Karlsruhe destroy our Ostpolitik."
- "We are in a political campaign in which the candidate is called Uber and the opponent is an asshole called Taxi." ( Travis Kalanick )
Web links
- Literature about asshole in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Other countries, other gestures , Welt am Sonntag, January 17, 2010
- ^ Herbert Tröndle / Thomas Fischer, Commentary on the Criminal Code , 2004, p. 1250
- ↑ LAG Cologne, judgment of July 4, 1996, Az .: 10 Sa 337/96 = NZA-RR 1997, 171
- ↑ Landgericht Berlin, judgment of June 18, 1990, 62 S 152/90
- ↑ Regional Court Cologne, judgment of. January 21, 1993, Az .: 1 S 365/92 = WuM 1993, 349
- ↑ Scholarch or asshole? That is the question. In: Basellandschaftliche Zeitung. August 17, 2018. Retrieved August 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Decision BGer 6B_1232 / 2019 of December 17, 2019
- ↑ Charles Bukowski: The man with the leather bag on mightymueller.de
- ^ Roland Topor: Memoirs of an old asshole (= Mémoires d'un vieux con , 1975). Translated by Eugen Helmlé . Diogenes, Zurich 1977; Paperback, ibid. 1980, ISBN 3-257-20775-1 .
- ↑ Why Real Assholes Are Mostly Male , Die Welt, April 24, 2013
- ^ Robert I. Sutton: The asshole factor: from the skillful handling of show-offs, schemers and despots in the company . Heyne , Munich 2008, ISBN 3-453-60060-6 .
- ↑ Georg Seeßlen: The A factor. Some people just look for their own gain and abuse our trust. How do you defend yourself without being disgusted? The daily newspaper, September 5, 2018, accessed on September 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Cabaret: "It all comes from one head"
- ↑ Article on Zeit.de of January 13, 2005 about 25 years of "Greens" in Germany (accessed on January 10, 2007)
- ^ Statement by a representative of the ruling party SPD on the judgment of the Federal Constitutional Court on the Basic Treaty , cf. Ulrich Battis , Christoph Gusy : Introduction to constitutional law. P. 21 and disciplinarian for Bonn and citizens . In: Der Spiegel . No. 10 , 1975 ( online ).
- ↑ Jan Heidtmann: Uber and the taxi trade - legend of the harmless start-up. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . 2nd September 2014.
