English
Etymology
Spoonerism of ass-backwards, meant to suggest the meaning.
Adjective
bass-ackwards, also bass-ackward
- idiom See ass-backwards.
#: Their whole approach is bass-ackwards.
Adjective
bass-ackwards, also bass-ackward
- idiom See ass-backwards.
#: What do you expect? They went at the whole thing bass-ackwards.
Quotations
2005: Itâ��s certainly not helped by the bass-ackwards direction of team director Walter Godefroot. The man never met talent he couldnâ��t squander. — Joe Lindsey in What's with T-Mobile
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