backassward

adjective

back·​ass·​ward ˈbak-ˈa-swərd 

variants or less commonly backasswards

ˈbak-ˈa-swərdz 

US, informal

: utterly or ridiculously backward, foolish, or wrong : ass-backward

… encouraging backassward thinking …

—John C. Dvorak, PC Magazine, 9 June 1998

backassward adverb

or less commonly backasswards

We were doing everything backasswards that I thought we should be doing in the country.

—Joseph Kennedy, quoted in Washington Post, 6 June 1993

Word History

Etymology

alteration of ass-backward entry 1

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

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