backsie

Noun

backsie (plural backsies)

1. (childish) The back.
   • A mimsy, a clapsy, I roll my hands, touch backsie, My right hand, my left hand, High as the sky, low as the sea, I touch my knee, and my heel, and my toe, And over we go.1985, Dorothy Einon, Play with a purpose
2. (childish, in plural, often) The act of taking back or going back on a statement, promise, or agreement.
   • No backsie no matter what.1986, Alice Bach, The Meat in the Sandwich, page 136
   • Frances is the loser when she agrees to no "backsies" or refunds as she buys Thelma's plastic tea dishes with money saved for a china set.1987, Carolyn W. Field, Jaqueline Shachter Weiss, Values in selected children's books of fiction and fantasy

   Synonyms:

   takesies-backsies

3. (childish, in plural, often) A reciprocal action or consequence, such as immediately tagging the player who has tagged one in a game of tag.
4. (in plural, often, jacks) The act of going through a sequence of moves in reverse.
   • And then you play Backsies again if you're playing that way.1956, Patricia Evans, Jacks, page 9
   • In the eastern part of this country BACKSIES is played by some people after each game, and you're not through with a game until you've played it.1961, Patricia Evans, Rimbles: A Book of Children's Classic Games, Rhymes, Songs, and Sayings
5. (childish, in plural, often) The act of joining a queue behind a friend rather than at the end of the queue.
   • To her, the ethical thicket consists of "frontsies and backsies," a phenomenon she noticed in kindergarten.1988, William L. Rivers, Cleve Mathews, Ethics for the media, page 45
   • One of his favorites is "No frontsies, no backsies," so there was really no point in trying to butt in.2003, Ann M. Martin, The Baby-sitter's Club, page 200