1. when something exceedingly bad or negative happens to you, you respond by exclaiming "A-shaft!"\r\n\r\n2. when you are forced into doing something you do not want to do, similar to [forcedown]\n> joe: i just got a 30% on my final, a car ran over my bike and my mother and two sister's are in the hospital.\n> bob: A-shaft! (or "that's an A-shaft")\n