may refer to:
- The most common phonological and spelling variation of Arse in American English, a word for the Anus or for the Buttocks “ ass .” The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2000. www.bartleby.com/61/. Accessed 2006-10-23.
- Ass, from Old English ''assa'', ultimately from Latin ''asinus'', is the older word for Donkey .
- --- Wild Ass may mean the wild donkey, or it may mean its wild relative the Onager , also known as a "half ass" -another animal of the horse genus.
- --- Figuratively, a Buffoon ( Fool , Idiot , Clown ). The ass (donkey) typified clumsiness and stupidity since ancient times; ''asshead'' dates to 1550, ''to make an ass of oneself'' to 1590 - this has been conflated with "arse".
- "Asses" is also the (English and Latin) plural of the As , a Roman weight and unit of money.
- Abbreviation of ''assinatura'', Portuguese for "sign(ature)".
- In Old Norse mythology, an Áss is one of the Æsir .
- ''Ass'' is the local name of the Italian commune of Asso .
- ''Ass'' variations include and are not limited to: ass hole, jackass, ass-o-lantern, etc.
- Ass is the title of a 1973 album by the band Badfinger .
The acronym stands for:
- ASS (gene) , a human gene that encodes for the enzyme Argininosuccinate Synthetase .
- ASS (car) , made in France from 1919 to 1920.
- After School Special (TV program).
- American Science And Surplus , a seller of surplus and educational goods, many of which are odd, amusing, and/or useful.
- Alness (National Rail code: ASS), a railway station in the United Kingdom ; ; .
- The German generic term for Aspirin (short for ''Acetylsalicylsäure'', ''acetylsalicylic acid''), comparable to the term ASA in some English-speaking countries.
- Advanced SubStation Alpha , a subtitles format.
- Asshole (game) , a card game also known as ''Ass''.
- Angle-Side-Side , a faulty proof of congruency of two triangles (also called SSA).
- American Sociological Association , known as the American Sociological Society until 1959.
- Austrian Social Service , an Austrian non-profit organization.
- African Sleeping Sickness .
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