Thursday, May 22, 2008

Big Ass Thimbles

The word "thimble" is very rarely used to indicate a large size. As in:

  • Ew, the mole on that man's neck is the size of a thimble!
  • So he asked if I wanted salt on my fried egg, and I said yes, and he proceeded to dump an entire thimble-full of salt onto it! I was so mortified!
  • The visible hair on the outside of his nose couldn't be comfortably crammed into a thimble!


Also, with good reason, you never hear the suffix "-ass" attached to adjectives that represent absolute properties. For example

  • That's a true-ass statement!
  • You don't have time to watch that, it's a school-ass night!
  • Don't worry, it's only a temporary-ass tattoo.

Additionally, as we all know, you can only use the "-ass" suffix with adjectives placed right before the nouns they modify. Forbidden usages include:

  • Your window is open-ass.
  • I wanted to paint my truck red-ass, but I couldn't find that color.
  • I'll only eat the mayonnaises if it's lite-ass.