ass-backwardadv.adj.

Brit.

/asˈbakwəd/, U.S.

/ˌæsˈbækwərd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ass n.², backward adv.

Etymology: < ass n.² + backward adv. Compare slightly earlier ass-backwards adv. With use as adjective compare earlier ass-backwards adj.Earlier currency of both adverb and adjective is implied by bass-ackward adv., bass-ackward adj.

slang (originally and chiefly North American).Generally regarded as coarse.

A. adv.

Backwards, back to front, the wrong way round; in a manner contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical; = ass-backwards adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adverb] > in reversed order

reversea1393

topsy-turvy1528

preposterously1533

hysteron proteron1602

inverselya1628

inversedly1645

reversedly1649

reversely1659

reverse ways1762

ass-backward1939

1939 Moo de Mudderland (transcript of interview with H. Partnow) (Libr. of Congr: Amer. Life Hist.: MSS from Federal Writers' Project, 1936–40) 3 [Interview with H. Partnow.] If ya kin read de writin on em stones in Greece, dat's where it's proved about Moo. Ya gotta read it ass backward.

1973 N. Freedman Joshua 137 He got things done, but kind of ass-backward, if you know what I mean.

1999 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 299/2 The planners have everything ass-backward.

2015 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 3 Sept. b4 He did whatever it took, even if it meant doing it ass backward and at the last minute.

B. adj.

Contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical; back-to-front, muddled, perverse; = ass-backwards adj.

ΚΠ

1952 R. Ellison Invisible Man vii. 118 We're an ass-backward people.

1986 Adweek (U.S.) (Nexis) 12 May A Kludge..is an ass-backward way of making something work, like fixing the arithmetic program that produces ‘3 + 3 = 8’.

2001 C. Benard Turning on Girls 151 It has to sound like a criticism but actually be a sort of ass-backward compliment.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	ass-backward
释义	ass-backwardadv.adj. Brit. /asˈbakwəd/, U.S. /ˌæsˈbækwərd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ass n.², backward adv. Etymology: < ass n.² + backward adv. Compare slightly earlier ass-backwards adv. With use as adjective compare earlier ass-backwards adj.Earlier currency of both adverb and adjective is implied by bass-ackward adv., bass-ackward adj. slang (originally and chiefly North American).Generally regarded as coarse. A. adv. Backwards, back to front, the wrong way round; in a manner contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical; = ass-backwards adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > [adverb] > in reversed order reversea1393 topsy-turvy1528 preposterously1533 hysteron proteron1602 inverselya1628 inversedly1645 reversedly1649 reversely1659 reverse ways1762 ass-backward1939 1939 Moo de Mudderland (transcript of interview with H. Partnow) (Libr. of Congr: Amer. Life Hist.: MSS from Federal Writers' Project, 1936–40) 3 [Interview with H. Partnow.] If ya kin read de writin on em stones in Greece, dat's where it's proved about Moo. Ya gotta read it ass backward. 1973 N. Freedman Joshua 137 He got things done, but kind of ass-backward, if you know what I mean. 1999 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 299/2 The planners have everything ass-backward. 2015 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 3 Sept. b4 He did whatever it took, even if it meant doing it ass backward and at the last minute. B. adj. Contrary to what is usual, expected, or logical; back-to-front, muddled, perverse; = ass-backwards adj. ΚΠ 1952 R. Ellison Invisible Man vii. 118 We're an ass-backward people. 1986 Adweek (U.S.) (Nexis) 12 May A Kludge..is an ass-backward way of making something work, like fixing the arithmetic program that produces ‘3 + 3 = 8’. 2001 C. Benard Turning on Girls 151 It has to sound like a criticism but actually be a sort of ass-backward compliment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.1939
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