"no-good ass" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: no-good asses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} no-good ass (plural no-good asses)
  1. (idiomatic, African-American Vernacular) A bad person, especially a bad boyfriend. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-no-good_ass-en-noun-lluuVz7p Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
  2. (idiomatic, figuratively, African-American Vernacular) The butt of a bad person, especially a bad boyfriend. (used metaphorically to refer to the bad person.) Tags: figuratively, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-no-good_ass-en-noun-vW3AjHna Categories (other): African-American Vernacular English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: no good ass

Inflected forms

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