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See also: ass backwards
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (alternative spelling) ass backwards, ass-backward, ass backward
- back-asswards, bass-ackwards
Etymology[edit]
Recorded in the US in the 1930s. From ass + backwards[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (AU) (file)
Adjective[edit]
ass-backwards (comparative more ass-backwards, superlative most ass-backwards)
- (colloquial) Oriented backwards, particularly after a mishap.
- The car spun out of control and I ended up ass-backwards in a ditch.
- (idiomatic, colloquial) Hopelessly misguided; contrary to what is normal, expected, or logical; having taken the utterly wrong choice.
- No wonder it doesn't work. The whole design is ass-backwards.
Adverb[edit]
ass-backwards (not comparable)
- (colloquial) Moving backwards, that is, rear end first.
- (idiomatic, colloquial) In a hopelessly misguided manner; in a manner contrary to what is normal, expected, or logical.
- They did the whole design ass-backwards. No wonder it doesn't work.
Translations[edit]
moving backwards, that is, rear end first
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in a hopelessly misguided manner
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Robert Whitcomb (1935) Talk United States!, page 145