1930s. From <span class="searchmatch">ass</span> + <span class="searchmatch">backwards</span> <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-<span class="searchmatch">backwards</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-<span class="searchmatch">backwards</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-<span class="searchmatch">backwards</span>) (colloquial) Oriented <span class="searchmatch">backwards</span>, particularly...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-<span class="searchmatch">backwards</span> <span class="searchmatch">ass</span> <span class="searchmatch">backwards</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">ass</span> <span class="searchmatch">backwards</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">ass</span> <span class="searchmatch">backwards</span>) Alternative spelling of <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-<span class="searchmatch">backwards</span>. back-asswards...
backwards) Synonym of backward; see usage notes there. <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-<span class="searchmatch">backwards</span> <span class="searchmatch">backwards</span>-compatible <span class="searchmatch">backwardsness</span> From Middle English bakwardis, bakwardis, a variant...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">ass</span> backward <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-backward (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-backward, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-backward) Alternative spelling of <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-<span class="searchmatch">backwards</span>. back-assward...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-backward <span class="searchmatch">ass</span> backward (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">ass</span> backward, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">ass</span> backward) Alternative spelling of <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-<span class="searchmatch">backwards</span>. back-assward...
See also: backasswards A self-referentially <span class="searchmatch">backwards</span> form of <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-<span class="searchmatch">backwards</span>. back-asswards (comparative more back-asswards, superlative most back-asswards)...
(comparative more backasswards, superlative most backasswards) Alternative spelling of back-asswards. <span class="searchmatch">ass</span> <span class="searchmatch">backwards</span>, <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-<span class="searchmatch">backwards</span>, bass-ackwards, bassackwards...
(comparative more bassackwards, superlative most bassackwards) Alternative spelling of bass-ackwards. <span class="searchmatch">ass</span> <span class="searchmatch">backwards</span>, <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-<span class="searchmatch">backwards</span>, back-asswards, backasswards...
See also: back-assward backassward (not comparable) Alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-<span class="searchmatch">backwards</span>. <span class="searchmatch">ass</span> backward, <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-backward, bass-ackward, bassackward...
most bass-ackwards) (idiomatic, informal, euphemistic) Spoonerism of <span class="searchmatch">ass</span>-<span class="searchmatch">backwards</span> Their whole approach is bass-ackwards. bass-ackwards (comparative more...