back-asswards

A form of ass-backwards — Oriented backwards, particularly after a mishap.

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Meanings

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

comparative more back-asswards · superlative most back-asswards

  1. alternativecolloquialhumorousmildlyoffensiveAlternative form of ass-backwards.

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

    1951 July 16, J[erome] D[avid] Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 53

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
arsy versy

Origin

A self-referentially backwards form of ass-backwards.

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APA

back-asswards. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back-asswards

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “back-asswards,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/back-asswards.

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