If you perfectly shave one butt cheek...

it still is a half ass job...

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redredred · M

The actual expression is “half fast” as in slow witted, not “half assed”, but almost no one knows that.

FrogManSometimesLooksBothWays · M

@redredred Thank you for pointing that out. So few people know that. Of course, we cognescenti have always been aware of that and many of the other finer points of English usage.

redredred · M

@FrogManSometimesLooksBothWays One of my favorite books of all time is a reference book entitled “Brewer’s Phrase and Fable” . It gives the origin of common expressions and turns of phrase.