back-asswards

See also: backasswards

English

Etymology

A self-referentially backwards form of ass-backwards.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

back-asswards (comparative more back-asswards, superlative most back-asswards)

1. (humorous, colloquial, mildly offensive) Alternative form of ass-backwards
   • 1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 53:

     “God damn it.” He was sore as hell. He was really furious. “You always do everything backasswards.”

Anagrams

• ass backwards, ass-backwards, bass-ackwards, bassackwards