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Another related word is "assclown" — which, as far as I can tell, was created accidentally when actor David Herman delivered a line of dialoge with emphasis on the wrong syllable while filming Office Space. He was meant to call Michael Bolton a "no-talent-ass clown", but delivered the line as "no-talent ass-clown". Or something like that. And now assclown is a thing.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-does-assc...
Someone at MW has read: https://xkcd.com/37/
> In the case of pronoun usage, it really comes down to: Are you being a nice person or an asshat?” — Steve Kleinedler (interviewed by Sarah Grey), Conscious Style Guide (consciousstyleguide.com), “Conscious Language in the American Heritage Dictionary,” 22 Feb. 2018 I had no idea this guide for not being an asshat existed. That's pretty interesting and could help a lot of would-be asshats who don't feel comfortable…
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Another related word is "assclown" — which, as far as I can tell, was created accidentally when actor David Herman delivered a line of dialoge with emphasis on the wrong syllable while filming Office Space. He was meant to call Michael Bolton a "no-talent-ass clown", but delivered the line as "no-talent ass-clown". Or something like that. And now assclown is a thing.
I always assumed an asshat is a person with their head up their ass, i.e. they are wearing it as a hat.
What? It's obviously a reference to having your head up your ass, thus turning your ass into a hat.