hard-assery

• hardassery

From hard-ass +‎ -ery.

hard-assery (uncountable)

1. (vulgar) The quality of being a hard-ass (a tough and combative person).
   • 2011 December 23, Julia Barton, “I miss hating the Soviet Union”, in Salon.com‎, San Francisco, C.A.: Salon.com, LLC., →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-05-31:

     The Dallas RNC was a festival of Cold War hard-assery.

   • 2013, Lisa McInerney, “Saturday, Boring”, in Kevin Barry, editor, Town and Country: New Irish Short Stories, London: Faber and Faber, →ISBN, page 47:

     They'd had two hours together last night. The Junior Cert was coming and her mam and dad were see-sawing between hardassery and judicial lenience, and on this occasion the lever had come down in her favour.

   • 2020, Melanie Dale, Calm the H*ck Down: How to Let Go and Lighten Up About Parenting, New York, N.Y. […]: Atria Paperback, →ISBN, page 33:

     Late one night, my daughter told me I was a cool mom, but by the next morning I was the worst, and I'm honestly not sure which assertion worried me more. I like to dazzle them with my hardassery and surprise them with grace. Keeps them on their toes.

   • 2023 October 27, Kirsten Carey, “'Our Flag Means Death' Killed This Character at the Cruelest Time”, in The Daily Beast‎, New York, N.Y.: The Daily Beast Company LLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-30:

     A character previously defined by his contempt and hard-assery now was entering a party in beautiful makeup and hair to sing "La Vie En Rose." That's quite the shift. Fans—newfound and old—adored it.