Kneebiter

What is Kneebiter?

1.

A fictional insult constructed by the copy editors for the US edition of the Hitchikers Guide to The Galaxy series of books to replace the word asshole which was considered too offensive for the US readership.

A modern example of bowdlerization.

Original Sentence (UK edition of "Life, the Universe and Everything")

"You're a jerk, Dent... A complete asshole." - Wowbagger

Bowdlerized Version (US edition of "Life, the Universe and Everything")

"You're a jerk, Dent... A complete kneebiter." - Wowbagger

See insult, censorship, zarquon

2.

A person who is excessively obnoxious. Apparently a chiefly British usage, synonymous with git. One step above an anklebiter.

"Dent, you're a jerk... A complete kneebiter."
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