"bass-ackwards" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more bass-ackwards [comparative], most bass-ackwards [superlative]
Etymology: Spoonerism and euphemism of ass-backwards, meant to suggest the same meaning. The spoonerism is especially humorous because it is also autological (meta); the morphemes themselves are given bass-ackwards. Head templates: {{en-adj}} bass-ackwards (comparative more bass-ackwards, superlative most bass-ackwards)
  1. (idiomatic, colloquial, euphemistic, bowdlerization) Alternative form of ass-backwards Tags: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, euphemistic, idiomatic Alternative form of: ass-backwards
    Sense id: en-bass-ackwards-en-adj-l6WmqjEY Categories (other): English euphemisms, English spoonerisms Disambiguation of English spoonerisms: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bass-ackward, bassackward, bassackwards

Adverb

Forms: more bass-ackwards [comparative], most bass-ackwards [superlative]
Etymology: Spoonerism and euphemism of ass-backwards, meant to suggest the same meaning. The spoonerism is especially humorous because it is also autological (meta); the morphemes themselves are given bass-ackwards. Head templates: {{en-adv}} bass-ackwards (comparative more bass-ackwards, superlative most bass-ackwards)
  1. (idiomatic, colloquial, euphemistic, bowdlerization) Alternative form of ass-backwards Tags: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, euphemistic, idiomatic Alternative form of: ass-backwards
    Sense id: en-bass-ackwards-en-adv-l6WmqjEY Categories (other): English euphemisms, English spoonerisms Disambiguation of English spoonerisms: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bass-ackward, bassackward, bassackwards

Alternative forms

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