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bassackwards

[bas-ak-werdz]

adverb

Slang.
  1. assbackwards: used as a euphemism.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of bassackwards1

First recorded in 1955–60; euphemistic spoonerism as alteration of assbackwards
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Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

But I’m convinced he got it bassackwards.

Anyway, what’s truly “bassackwards” about the 2021 anti-crime Fall Crime Prevention Initiative is that the end of the “crime prevention” was announced.

The centerpiece here is the nine-plus minute “Bassackwards.”

In “Bassackwards,” the first single from “Bottle It In,” he sings, “I was on the moon, but more so, I was in the grass, so I was chilling out, but with a very drifting mind.”

Two-chord folk-rock hypnosis and, of course, guitars running backward are the raison d’être for Kurt Vile’s “Bassackwards.”

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