n. 1. a task that is performed thoroughly. 2. total commitment 3. anything that is done completely from start to finish.
adj. 1. a well executed task. 2. a job well done.
v. 1. to commit one's self to seeing a task through. 2. to perform a task thoroughly.
(original usage credited to Dr.Quirk)
> Nickarossi: "We're doing this all wrong."
> Joss: "Whatever do you mean?"
> Nickarossi: "Well, we've been half-assing this relationship for weeks now, when what we should be having is a full on, booth cheeks, whole-ass relationship!"
> Joss: "So...you wanna have sex."
> Nickarossi: "That's not what I said...but, okay!

A: Have you bought a bus pass yet? B: I'm not getting one. A: Why is that? B: It's cheaper if I don't buy one. A: Buying a bus pass will save you money. B: How do you figure that? A: There's no limit to how often you can use your bus pass. B: Really?

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A: Could I buy a bus pass today? B: Which bus pass would you like to purchase? A: What kinds of passes are there? B: There are day passes, weekly passes, monthly passes, and student passes. A: Let me get a student pass. B: Could I see your student ID

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参考对话: A: Honey, this is going to be my last cigarette. I'm not gonna smoke again, I promise. A: 宝贝, 这将是我最后一支烟。 我保证不会再抽了。 B: This is going to be your last cigarette, my ass. B: 这会是你的最后一

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As Aesop's lion was going to the forest in company with an ass,who was to assist him with his terrible voice,an impertinent crow called to him from a tree:A pretty companion!Are you not ashamed of yourself to be walking with an ass?Whomsoev

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An ass and an ox,fastened to the same yoke,were draging a waggon.While the ox was pulling with all his might he he broke a horn.The ass swore that he had got no help whatever from his weak companion.Exerting himself in the labour,the ox b

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As an ass was quietly dining on thistles,he beheld a shepherd seated beneath a tree,awakening sweet echoes on his flute,and charming the ears of all within hearing,excepting our discontented lop-eared brute,who thus soliloquized:The world

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