Talk:Armed and Ready/@comment-112.209.165.185-20170731235028/@comment-4010415-20170811093913

@SYUTK "Ass", when referring to a donkey, is actually short for "Jackass". Though, I don't know why donkeys used to be referred to as jackasses.

It seems like, at least in the US, when someone calls another person an "ass", the implication is more so that it's short for "asshole", rather than "jackass", and since calling someone an "asshole" is a very rude remark and the use of a cussword, "ass" then becomes considered a cussword, as well.

"Ass", when used in reference to the entire butt itself, is considered rather crude, so it's also understandable that children's shows wouldn't want it used in that sense either.

Obviously, this doesn't stop the creators of these shows from slipping shit past the radar in situations like...

The scene in Suite Life of Zack and Cody where Cody was angry with Zack, so we ended up with this dialogue

Cody: I'm going to kick your *Opens his mouth as if to say "ass"*

Mr. Mosby: *Interrupts Cody* Derriere.

Cody: That too!

"Derriere" being a very polite way of saying "Butt".

Or the example I used earlier from The Proud Family, with the cheer that a girl was making up when she realized that the only body part she could rhyme with "rass" was "ass" so she paused for a moment and said "other knee!" instead.

And then there are shows that say "bass", as in the fish.