Does "ass" mean something else than what I think it does?

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The only meaning of "ass" I knew until today was the fleshy body part.

But what I read today on a shopping receipt shocked me. One of the items mentioned there was Other ass.

Surely that shop doesn't sell body parts. So does this word have some other meaning or is it just a spelling mistake?

Daryl Da'rell Brown · Answer

An ass could be a lion. Also it could be a flesh or a donkey. The donkey term refers to a dumb or foolish person. It never really meant anything else except for a lion according to some Bibles.

oerkelens · Answer

Well, there is of course the animal but I doubt you bought one of those.

But I think the period after the ass. on your receipt is a clue. I have seen ass. (mind the period!) being used to mean assortment, assorted, en even assistant. (Yes, we have an ass. manager working here...).

On a receipt I would take it to mean other assorted (goods).

Leni Nawocam · Answer

Ass also means "donkey". Hence we get words like "asinine" (donkey-like, i.e stupid). As an abbreviation, it most likely means "assistant".

Does "ass" mean something else than what I think it does?

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