asshole
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One thing that’s funny about this is that Massry, despite his best efforts, is also not much of an asshole.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2024
"Cobra Kai" revisits the same characters over 30 years later and we're forced to reconsider that Daniel was a bit of an asshole and that Johnny was going through some shit.
From Salon ● May 27, 2022
And yeah, it makes Boogie look like an asshole, but that’s part of this character.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2021
“I framed the story with me as the asshole dad because that’s my comedic persona and my fans and friends know it’s ‘a bit,'” Roderick wrote on his website.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2021
Local Teen Trapped in Parental Vortex of Expectation and Disappointment, Doesn’t Expect to Be Rescued The nice thing about having an overachieving asshole for an older brother is that it takes the pressure off.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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Despite having two lovable leads, Afterparty never fails to remind you that Lola and Milo are still kind of assholes whose actions on Earth earned them a spot in Hell.
From The Verge ● Oct. 29, 2019
As one white childhood friend said to me that day, “I have never attended any protest, but I figure it’s on us to show that these racist assholes don’t speak for all white folks.”
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2018
And in the great tradition of fictional medical-genius assholes, noble friends like Rachel McAdams’ Christine Palmer stick with him in spite of his egotistic antics.
From The Verge ● Oct. 28, 2016
BOB: So, to paraphrase Sissy Farenthold, we will know when women have achieved some measure of gender equity when asshole women can be called assholes right alongside asshole men.
From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2012
“I mean it’s not like in the movies where girls like assholes or anything like that. It’s not that easy. They just like somebody that can give them a purpose.”
From "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" by Stephen Chbosky
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