bass-ackwards
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See also: bassackwards
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Spoonerism and euphemism of ass-backwards, meant to suggest the same meaning. The spoonerism is especially humorous because it is also autological (meta); the morphemes themselves are given bass-ackwards.
Adjective
[edit]bass-ackwards (comparative more bass-ackwards, superlative most bass-ackwards)
- (idiomatic, colloquial, euphemistic, bowdlerization) Alternative form of ass-backwards
- Their whole approach is bass-ackwards.
Adverb
[edit]bass-ackwards (comparative more bass-ackwards, superlative most bass-ackwards)
- (idiomatic, colloquial, euphemistic, bowdlerization) Alternative form of ass-backwards
- What do you expect? They did the job bass-ackwards.
- 2005, Joe Lindsey, "What's with T-Mobile," at www.tourdefrancenews.com (retrieved 17 Jul., 2005),
- It’s certainly not helped by the bass-ackwards direction of team director Walter Godefroot. The man never met talent he couldn’t squander.