Dave Lizewski/Kick-Ass
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Often in a professional setting, I want to say "X has really been kicking ass (and taking names!)" Sometimes I say "kicking butt" but it doesn't have quite the same emphasis. I don't want to say ass as I don't think its polite in some contexts. What is a equivalent expression that is polite yet just as encouraging?
Jul 3, 2015 · So, you have a web site to which you've posted a review stating "How to Kick Ass". This gets censored, which I can understand. What's a very colloquial, not necessarily modern slang, easily recogn...
Mar 24, 2011 · There is some idiom that starts out like, "I'm going to start taking names and..." I can't remember the rest of it. What is it and when is it used?
Phrase can be used in reference to someone or something that is having multiple successes in succession. kicking ass - Kicking someone or something's ass, beating, defeating an opponent at a task. taking names - Recording a list of future contestants who will have also be beaten or defeated in the defined task.
Apr 13, 2017 · It appears ass kicking itself dates back to the early '40s and the phrase having as much chance as a one-legged man in a mule/butt/ass-kicking contest. The similar expression kick in the pants dates to the late 1800s.
Aug 21, 2011 · I'm going to kick your behind. From NOAD: behind noun. 1 informal the buttocks: sitting on her behind. Still softer would be. derrière |ˌderēˈe (ə)r|. noun informal. euphemistic term for a person's buttocks. If you want to go softer than that, perhaps you had better leave off altogether the notion of "kicking" anything.
Jan 15, 2019 · As mentioned, the idiom is kick ass and take names. It's simply used to describe somebody's behaviour—not their profession or pastime. Nor does it describe doing something well. It just means not putting up with something, doing something to correct the behaviour, and making a note of the offenders.
Aug 29, 2015 · Someone said "Your team kicking serious butt" to me in an email. Does that mean that he thinks my team is awesome? I feel it may have a similar meaning to "kick ass" but I'm not sure and can't find this in dictionaries. Hope someone can help to clarify.
Feb 3, 2011 · English - natural language in general, is "productive", which is to say that it happily accommodates new words derived from existing ones on standard patterns. Slang and familiar language are by nature more productive than formal language. Thus, if you use "kickassiness", people (at least, people who understand "kick-ass") will mostly understand you even if they have not heard it before ...
My argument is that "a boot in the ass" is just a harsher way of saying "a kick in the pants" and, in the opposite direction, I think the phrase " rip a new asshole," as in "after your performance on the field yesterday, the coach is going to rip you a new asshole," is a harsher iteration still.
