Sophisticated vs Assholery - What's the difference?
sophisticated | assholery |
Having obtained worldly experience, and lacking ; cosmopolitan.
Elegant, refined.
Complicated, especially of complex technology.
Appealing to the tastes of an intellectual; cerebral.
(obsolete, UK) Dishonest or misleading.
(sophisticate)
(vulgar) Patterns of behavior consistent with that of an asshole.
* 1973' — As the War's front moves away from them, and the Casino becomes more and more a rear area, as the water grows more polluted and the prices rise, so the personnel coming down on leave get noisier and more dedicated to pure '''assholery - none of Tantivy's style about them, his habit of soft-shoe dancing when drunk, his make-believe foppishness and shy, decent impulses to conspire, however marginally, whenever possible, against power and indifference. — , ''Gravity's Rainbow
* 1973' — Decisions are never really made - at best they manage to emerge, from a chaos of peeves, whims, hallucinations and all-round '''assholery . — Thomas Pynchon, ''Gravity's Rainbow
* 1976' — Garp felt dishonest with Cushie for not mentioning what he took to, be the utter '''assholery of her father, Fat Stew. — , ''The World According to Garp
* 1983' — It was a piece of utter '''assholery of course, like the stupid confidence of a man who believes it's safe to drive when totally shitfaced as long as he's wearing his St. Christopher's medallion. — , ''Pet Sematary