ass-backwards
Adjective

ass-backwards

  1. (colloquial) Oriented backwards, particularly after a mishap.
    The car spun out of control and I ended up ass-backwards in a ditch.
  2. (idiomatic, colloquial) Hopelessly misguided; contrary to what is normal, expected, or logical; having taken the utterly wrong choice.
    No wonder it doesn't work. The whole design is ass-backwards.
Adverb

ass-backwards (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Moving backwards, that is, rear end first.
  2. (idiomatic, colloquial) 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.
Translations
  • French: en arrière
  • Italian: testacoda
  • Russian: за́дом наперёд
Translations
  • Italian: alla cazzo di cane, alla carlona, alla meglio, alla bell’e meglio
  • Russian: ши́ворот-навы́ворот
  • Spanish: a tuertas



This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.002
Offline English dictionary