ass-backwards
ass-backwards · more ass-backwards · most ass-backwards
Oriented backwards, particularly after a mishapOriented backwards, particularly after a mishap.
Meaning
2 senses(colloquial)Oriented backwards, particularly after a mishap.
The car spun out of control and I ended up ass-backwards in a ditch.
(colloquial, idiomatic)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.
Origin
Recorded in the US in the 1930s. From ass + backwardsRecorded in the US in the 1930s. From ass + backwards
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Forms
more ass-backwards, most ass-backwards| Comparative | more ass-backwards Lesson |
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| Superlative | most ass-backwards Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form