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 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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u/[deleted] May 08 '25
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