Phrase guide

up one's own ass

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

Having an excessively high opinion of oneself, excessively preoccupied with one's own affairs, or lost in self-regarding abstraction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, idiomatic, vulgar

Examples

  • 16 February 2003, The Times - Motor Racing: Coulthard’s driving passion [David Coulthard on Michael Schumacher] Considering the success and money he's earned, it'd be easy for him to disappear so far up his own arse, but he hasn't; there's something down-to-earth there
  • 19 February 2006 Sunday People - EXCLUSIVE: ON ME WEB CAM, SON! Just like Leslie Grantham who also slagged off his costars, Forgeham blasted Zoe as "egotistical" and said she was "full of herself...and up her own ass"

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: up oneself

Antonyms: none provided

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