Definition of ass-backwards

ass-backwards

adverb

• in reverse or totally incorrect

  That computer must have been set up ass-backwards; most of the buttons don't work.

  • See more words with the same meaning: a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate.

  Last edited on Jun 19 2013. Submitted by Patrick K. on Nov 08 2005.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'a mistake, bad idea, wrong, inappropriate':
my bad	Definitions include: an apology.
no-no	Definitions include: something that shouldn't be done.
bullsh*t	Definitions include: to jokingly deceive.
pull a Clarence Thomas	Definitions include: to make a sexually inappropriate gesture or statement.
off-base	Definitions include: based on faulty information or suspicions.
play	Definitions include: sexual activity.
bad juju	Definitions include: an action that is likely to be harmful in a "karmic" way.
own goal	Definitions include: something self-defeating.
snafu	Definitions include: Acronym for "situation normal, all fucked up."
back *sswards	Definitions include: done or performed incorrectly, strangely, opposite from the correct way, or clumsily; "backwards".
fat-finger	Definitions include: to accidentally press a button or key adjacent to the desired one, e.g. while typing on a keyboard or entering a phone number.
(one's) bad	Definitions include: See my bad.
jacked up	Definitions include: injured.
boob	Definitions include: a breast.
off	Definitions include: to kill.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'ass':
all over (one's) *ss	Definitions include: pestering a person.
all over (one's) *sses	Definitions include: pestering multiple people.
AP	Definitions include: short for ass-poopin'.
*ss	Definitions include: anything displeasing.
-*ss	Definitions include: used after an adjective to indicate extremes or excessiveness; "very", "really", "extremely".
*ss bag	Definitions include: a general insult.
*ss blast	Definitions include: instance of flatulence.
*ss breath	Definitions include: Extreme halitosis.
*ss cable	Definitions include: solid bodily waste discharged through the anus.
*ss-can	Definitions include: a despicable person.
*ss clown	Definitions include: one who appears foolish, like a clown.
*ss crack	Definitions include: the cleft between the buttocks.
*ss-crack of dawn	Definitions include: very early in the day.
*ss-dough	Definitions include: is where you get money for sittin' on your ass.
*ss-end of space	Definitions include: some location extremely far away.
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Other terms relating to 'backward':
backwards	Definitions include: outdated.
bend over backwards	Definitions include: to be extremely accommodating.

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