jackassery

Noun

 * 1) The foolish or obnoxious behaviour of a jackass.
 * 2) * 1955, Rex Stout, "When a Man Murders...", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 134:
 * the hypothesis that Karnow had made a new will deserved a little exploration. To ask any of you about it would of course have been jackassery.
 * 1) * 2022, Sen. Ben Sasse, during Ketanji Brown Jackson's SCOTUS confirmation hearings
 * We should recognize that the jackassery we often see around here is partly because of people mugging for short-term camera opportunities.