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I'm not English speaking, I understand the joke but say please what is "ass door" Is it the same as butt door? Didn't find it in the dictionary...

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  I want to know if there is definition of the "ass door" because no one dictionary provides it. My friend says that "ass door" here is just a hole in the wall (compared to ass hole) I think that "ass door" is the door which is wide opened (similar to butt door) Which statement is true?
  
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I'm not English speaking, I understand the joke but say please what is "ass door" Is it the same as butt door? Didn't find it in the dictionary...

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  I want to know if there is definition of the "ass door" because no one dictionary provides it. My friend says that "ass door" here is just a hole in the wall (compared to ass hole) I think that "ass door" is the door which is wide opened (similar to butt door) Which statement is true?
  
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I'm not English speaking, I understand the joke but say please what is "ass door" Is it the same as butt door? Didn't find it in the dictionary...

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It's not a normal ass-door.

It's a normal-ass door.

There's no humor here other than that it is funny the existence of a regular door but incongruously found on an elevator which usually has its special sliding door.

As to the linguistic phenomenon,

a ADJ-ass NOUN

is an ADJ NOUN, just... special.

The phrasing is characteristic of AAVE. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the gastrointestinal tract and its exit orifice, or the surrounding gluteal muscles. It's simply a marker of informality.

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  I'm sure John McWhorter has an entire book describing the phenomenon and its special meanings but it can be used all over. Wipe that punk-ass grin off your face' = 'Please stopping grinning like a punk.'
  
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  "The phrasing is characteristic of AAVE." Perhaps, but it's by no means exclusive to AAVE. This answer is also missing that -ass is an intensifier. A normal-ass door is an especially normal door, more normal than just a normal door. In this case the speaker is calling out how bizarre it is to see a regular room door used for an elevator.
  
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In American slang, the word "ass" is sometimes used like any other swear/cuss word to emphasise something, or as a kind of modifying suffix.

Saying:

Y'all ever see an elevator with a normal ass door?

Has essentially the same meaning and emphasis as:

Y'all ever see an elevator with a normal f---ing door?

Take out the word and it means the same.

Y'all ever see an elevator with a normal door?

I don't claim to know the origin of this usage, but I would guess that words like "badass" have led to it being used as a suffix of sorts with words like "lame-ass".

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The meme’s creator used the word “ass” as superlative. If you change the word “Yall” to “Have you all,” and remove the word “ass” - add a question mark - the sentence will read:

Have you all seen an elevator with a normal door?

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  @Grgor Technically, it's more like an absolute superlative than a normal superlative. It works like a prefixed intensifier such as very, really, totally, absolutely, or super- but as a pospositive morpheme like -est in English or -issimo cognates can in Romance.
  
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  @tchrist nice very addition, but does that explain why the order changes? I mean, it is not normal very. ;)
  
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  @tchrist I'd say it's more like a normal ass superlative than a normal superlative.
  
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It's not a normal ass-door.

It's a normal-ass door.

There's no humor here other than that it is funny the existence of a regular door but incongruously found on an elevator which usually has its special sliding door.

As to the linguistic phenomenon,

a ADJ-ass NOUN

is an ADJ NOUN, just... special.

The phrasing is characteristic of AAVE. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the gastrointestinal tract and its exit orifice, or the surrounding gluteal muscles. It's simply a marker of informality.

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I'm sure John McWhorter has an entire book describing the phenomenon and its special meanings but it can be used all over. Wipe that punk-ass grin off your face' = 'Please stopping grinning like a punk.'
  
  – Mitch
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  super- == -ass
  
  – tchrist♦
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


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  10
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  relevant XKCD
  
  – Draco18s
  1 hour ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  "The phrasing is characteristic of AAVE." Perhaps, but it's by no means exclusive to AAVE. This answer is also missing that -ass is an intensifier. A normal-ass door is an especially normal door, more normal than just a normal door. In this case the speaker is calling out how bizarre it is to see a regular room door used for an elevator.
  
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It's not a normal ass-door.

It's a normal-ass door.

There's no humor here other than that it is funny the existence of a regular door but incongruously found on an elevator which usually has its special sliding door.

As to the linguistic phenomenon,

a ADJ-ass NOUN

is an ADJ NOUN, just... special.

The phrasing is characteristic of AAVE. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the gastrointestinal tract and its exit orifice, or the surrounding gluteal muscles. It's simply a marker of informality.

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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  I'm sure John McWhorter has an entire book describing the phenomenon and its special meanings but it can be used all over. Wipe that punk-ass grin off your face' = 'Please stopping grinning like a punk.'
  
  – Mitch
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  super- == -ass
  
  – tchrist♦
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• 
  
  
  

  
  10
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  relevant XKCD
  
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• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  "The phrasing is characteristic of AAVE." Perhaps, but it's by no means exclusive to AAVE. This answer is also missing that -ass is an intensifier. A normal-ass door is an especially normal door, more normal than just a normal door. In this case the speaker is calling out how bizarre it is to see a regular room door used for an elevator.
  
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It's not a normal ass-door.

It's a normal-ass door.

There's no humor here other than that it is funny the existence of a regular door but incongruously found on an elevator which usually has its special sliding door.

As to the linguistic phenomenon,

a ADJ-ass NOUN

is an ADJ NOUN, just... special.

The phrasing is characteristic of AAVE. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the gastrointestinal tract and its exit orifice, or the surrounding gluteal muscles. It's simply a marker of informality.

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In American slang, the word "ass" is sometimes used like any other swear/cuss word to emphasise something, or as a kind of modifying suffix.

Saying:

Y'all ever see an elevator with a normal ass door?

Has essentially the same meaning and emphasis as:

Y'all ever see an elevator with a normal f---ing door?

Take out the word and it means the same.

Y'all ever see an elevator with a normal door?

I don't claim to know the origin of this usage, but I would guess that words like "badass" have led to it being used as a suffix of sorts with words like "lame-ass".

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In American slang, the word "ass" is sometimes used like any other swear/cuss word to emphasise something, or as a kind of modifying suffix.

Saying:

Y'all ever see an elevator with a normal ass door?

Has essentially the same meaning and emphasis as:

Y'all ever see an elevator with a normal f---ing door?

Take out the word and it means the same.

Y'all ever see an elevator with a normal door?

I don't claim to know the origin of this usage, but I would guess that words like "badass" have led to it being used as a suffix of sorts with words like "lame-ass".

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In American slang, the word "ass" is sometimes used like any other swear/cuss word to emphasise something, or as a kind of modifying suffix.

Saying:

Y'all ever see an elevator with a normal ass door?

Has essentially the same meaning and emphasis as:

Y'all ever see an elevator with a normal f---ing door?

Take out the word and it means the same.

Y'all ever see an elevator with a normal door?

I don't claim to know the origin of this usage, but I would guess that words like "badass" have led to it being used as a suffix of sorts with words like "lame-ass".

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The meme’s creator used the word “ass” as superlative. If you change the word “Yall” to “Have you all,” and remove the word “ass” - add a question mark - the sentence will read:

Have you all seen an elevator with a normal door?

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  @Grgor Technically, it's more like an absolute superlative than a normal superlative. It works like a prefixed intensifier such as very, really, totally, absolutely, or super- but as a pospositive morpheme like -est in English or -issimo cognates can in Romance.
  
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  @tchrist nice very addition, but does that explain why the order changes? I mean, it is not normal very. ;)
  
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  @tchrist I'd say it's more like a normal ass superlative than a normal superlative.
  
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The meme’s creator used the word “ass” as superlative. If you change the word “Yall” to “Have you all,” and remove the word “ass” - add a question mark - the sentence will read:

Have you all seen an elevator with a normal door?

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  thank you, got it
  
  – Grgor
  8 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  1
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Grgor Technically, it's more like an absolute superlative than a normal superlative. It works like a prefixed intensifier such as very, really, totally, absolutely, or super- but as a pospositive morpheme like -est in English or -issimo cognates can in Romance.
  
  – tchrist♦
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• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @tchrist nice very addition, but does that explain why the order changes? I mean, it is not normal very. ;)
  
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  @tchrist I'd say it's more like a normal ass superlative than a normal superlative.
  
  – Justin Lardinois
  17 mins ago
  

  
  
  
  

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The meme’s creator used the word “ass” as superlative. If you change the word “Yall” to “Have you all,” and remove the word “ass” - add a question mark - the sentence will read:

Have you all seen an elevator with a normal door?

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