ass-backwards

== English == === Alternative forms === (spelling) ass backwards (morphology) ass-backward, ass backward; back-asswards, backasswards, bass-ackwards, bassackwards === Etymology === Recorded in the US in the 1930s. From ass +‎ backwards === Pronunciation === === Adjective === ass-backwards (comparative more ass-backwards, superlative most ass-backwards) (colloquial) Oriented backwards, particularly after a mishap. (idiomatic, colloquial) Hopelessly misguided; contrary to what is normal, expected, or logical; having taken the utterly wrong choice. === Adverb === 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. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== put the cart before the horse preposterous === References === === Anagrams === back-asswards, backasswards, bass-ackwards, bassackwards