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What does "assive" mean? I read it in a children's book about a girl named Sophie.
The sentence was like "mowldy, stupid and assive."

I was asked about assive by a non-native English teacher friend of mine. I tried a web search, but the search engines assume I mean passive, massive, or Massive Attack, the band. I am starting to think assive is a word the character Sophie made up. She speaks, and the book is written in, British English, so I expect some different spellings and words.
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drmatt drmatt
 
 March 10, 2009 07:09 PM
Well... Looking at "mowldy", I found it in the Irish slang dictionary:

-Something unattractive or generally unpleasant to the senses, very drunk.

So, I'm guessing it's an Irish slang term, but I haven't seen hide-nor-hare of it. Sorry!
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http://www.slang.ie/index.php?entryid=4266



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March 10, 2009 10:16 PM
it is a typo or an invention to mean she sits on her ass a lot
mawldy means covered in mould I'm sure which means she wouldn't move much, hence assive is probably an effected passive

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