bass-ackward, a. N. Amer. slang (humorous or euphem.).
/basˈakw(ə)d/
[Euphemistic alteration of ass-backward adj. (although this is first attested slightly later), perhaps after bass-ackwards adv. Compare earlier bass-ackwards adj. and slightly later ass-backwards adj.]
= ass-backwards adj.
| 1949 N. R. Nash Young & Fair 28 Nope—wrong. You've got it bass-ackward. 1974 J. Millard Thunderbolt & Lightfoot iii. 16 Hell, Reverend, I didn't see your bass-ackward collar before. 1999 Wired Jan. 101/2 He's an upwardly mobile, supereducated bassackward swamp fella with manners so thick they stick to your teeth just talking to him. |