Idiom: Bass-Ackwards
Meanings
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.
Alternative form of ass-backwards
Example Sentences
1
He always puts his shoes on bass-ackwards.
2
The instructions for assembling this furniture are completely bass-ackwards.
3
Our whole day got off to a bass-ackwards start when the alarm didn't go off.
4
She tried to fix the plumbing, but ended up making it even more bass-ackwards.
5
They put the stamp on the envelope bass-ackwards and had to redo it.
