Commonwealth English slang for obnoxious, contemptible, or thoroughly antisocial behavior — the kind you'd expect from a world-class arsehole. The term is more expressive than simply saying "bad behavior" because it implies a specific quality of selfish, inconsiderate, or malicious conduct carried out without remorse. Widely used in British and Australian informal speech, where it reads as pointed but not excessively profane. Typically deployed in exasperated commentary on social or political behavior.
The sheer arseholery on display during the town council meeting left most of the attendees too tired to be angry.
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Commonwealth slang noun for a pattern of obnoxious, contemptible, or inconsiderate behavior, specifically the kind associated with an arsehole. More descriptive of behavior than character — arseholery is what an arsehole does rather than what they fundamentally are. Used to dismiss or condemn specific actions with blunt efficiency. Firmly in the British and Australian informal register. It implies a recognizable pattern rather than a single incident — arseholery is a consistent mode of behaving badly, not a one-off lapse.
The arseholery on display at that committee meeting was genuinely impressive in its pettiness.
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(Commonwealth, slang, vulgar) Obnoxious behavior.
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