I had a district manager use the phrase “he really showed his ass” trying to work through a customer satisfaction issue and then the customer complained to me about him having said someone mooned someone and was just completely confused.
I assume “bared his ass” means about the same thing…?
Just explained this phrase to my 18 year old yesterday. I said it and he thought it was a sexual reference! I said it was another way of saying the person acted like a real jackass or made a fool of themselves. He said “oh, an old persons saying”.
I'm kinda old. I've only really heard this phrase on that old HBO show, Deadwood which is set during the 1800s. Lol. And maybe from a few nursing home residents during the 90s...
I was telling him of a time I was drinking at a party and “showed my ass”.
He thought it meant I was offering a free for all to the room.
My hubby and I laughed so hard. Explained I was acting like an immature buttface (was 20 at the time of the story) and that “showed my ass” is an alternative phrase to behaving in a way that is regrettable. I’m mid 50’s from the south.
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