Somebody called me that once, and I thought it was rather cute, so started using it, for the times that I'm consciously being a wacko. :-)
As to who's the asshole, ISTR responding to a "please do this for me" type of post, and I made a casual offer to do the work, for a price. Lessee...
Oh, yeah. Here it is:
----excerpt---- From: snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com (dhaevhid) ... its actually a qualifying sample project for my first job. ... im tryin to do it all by myself but its taking me so long to understand the concepts...
----end excerpt---
So, in other words, you're not qualified for the job, so you want us to help you cheat your way in. _That's_ what the asshole part was for.