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backassward



back·ass·ward [ ˈbak-ˈa-swərd]

variants: or less commonly backasswards \ ˈbak-​ˈa-​swərdz \



backassward   
adjective

Definition of backassward

US, informal
: utterly or ridiculously backward, foolish, or wrong : ass-backward … encouraging backassward thinking …— John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine, 9 June 1998


Other Words from backassward
backassward or less commonly backasswards adverb
We were doing everything backasswards that I thought we should be doing in the country. — Joseph Kennedy, quoted in Washington Post, 6 June 1993



First Known Use of backassward

1971, in the meaning defined above



History and Etymology for backassward

alteration of ass-backward entry 1



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