bass-ackward

adverb (or adjective)

bass-ack·​ward

¦bas-¦a-kwərd sometimes in NE ¦bäs-

variants or bass-ackwards

¦bas-¦a-kwərdz sometimes in NE ¦bäs-

: in a backward or inept way

Word History

Etymology

anagram of ass-backward

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

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