bassackwards
American
[bas-ak-werdz]
/ ˈbæsˈæk wərdz /
adverb
Slang.
Etymology
Origin of bassackwards
First recorded in 1955–60; euphemistic spoonerism as alteration of assbackwards
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
