A part of speech used to describe lazy behavior, such as:
"What did you do
today?"
"
Nothing. I sat around on my
ass, ate chips and played
Pac-Man."
Most commonly used in an
insulting manner describing the
behavior of others:
"Why don't you stop sitting around on your
ass and help me fix this
goddamn stereo you
lazy piece of shit".
I find this phrase particularly interesting since anyone who is sitting is,
by default, according to the structure of the
human body, sitting on their
ass, assuming that "
ass" describes the
mass of
muscle and
body fat situated on the upper
dorsal area of the
hips and not
Juan Valdez's trusty sidekick.
Maybe
industrious people are spending all their time sitting on their
hands?