Meaning

2 senses
  1. (colloquial, not comparable)Moving backwards, that is, rear end first.

    arschlings

    за́дом наперёдzádom naperjód, ра́комrákom

  2. (colloquial, idiomatic, not comparable)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.

    ши́ворот-навы́воротšívorot-navývorot, че́рез жопуčérez žopu, ра́комrákom

Translations

6 languages
Русский
moving backwards, that is, rear end first:
in a hopelessly misguided manner:
Deutsch
moving backwards, that is, rear end first:

Origin

Recorded in the US in the 1930s. From ass + backwards

Recorded in the US in the 1930s. From ass + backwards

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Word family

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See also

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