Open post Ben Collier @ben@bencollier.uk · 37mo ago Replying to @BrianBinh@dice.camp @bluedragon@masto.yttrx.com It's actually true! Adding -ard to words in Middle English was equivalent to slang today adding -ass. A drunkard was a drunkass motherfucker. A dullard was a dullass motherfucker. A bollard was a bole (tree trunk)-ass thing. @BrianBinh@dice.camp @bluedragon@masto.yttrx.com what was a mallard?