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ass backwards

ass backwards is the alternative spelling of ass-backwards.

Meaning of ass-backwards

Adjective

ass-backwards (comparative more ass-backwards, superlative most 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. (colloquial, idiomatic) 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.

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Forms of ass backwards

comparativemore ass backwards
superlativemost ass backwards

Questions about ass backwards

What is ass backwards the alternative spelling of?
Ass backwards is the alternative spelling of ass-backwards.

Words near ass backwards in the dictionary

  1. asRNAs
  2. ASROC
  3. ASRS
  4. ass
  5. ass backward
  6. ass backwards
  7. ass bandit
  8. ass bandits
  9. ass beating
  10. ass beatings
  11. ass blast

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