Someone who's a perfectly smooth bastard no matter which way you look at him.
Also works with Spherical nutjob, spherical jackass.
Syntax: Spherical cuss-word
History: Often attributed to the eccentric Swiss Astronomer Fritz Zwicky, who used to refer to fellow astronomers at the Mt. Wilson Observatory as Spherical Bastards. "Because", in his words, "they were bastards, when looked at from any side".
Source: dynamical-systems.org/zwicky/Zwicky-e.html
Also works with Spherical nutjob, spherical jackass.
Syntax: Spherical cuss-word
History: Often attributed to the eccentric Swiss Astronomer Fritz Zwicky, who used to refer to fellow astronomers at the Mt. Wilson Observatory as Spherical Bastards. "Because", in his words, "they were bastards, when looked at from any side".
Source: dynamical-systems.org/zwicky/Zwicky-e.html
by nostraticispeak June 20, 2009

An individual with few redeeming characteristics. Stems from the fact that spheres appear exactly the same when viewed from any perspective. The phrase is commonly attributed to astronomer Fritz Zwicky.
by dziban July 14, 2007

History: Often attributed to the eccentric Swiss Astronomer Fritz Zwicky, who used it to refer to fellow astronomers at the Mt. Wilson Observatory as Spherical Bastards. "Because", in his words, "they were bastards, when looked at from any side".
by derelictus May 31, 2010

by Scooby January 10, 2003
