ass-backwards

Meanings

Adjective

• Oriented backwards, particularly after a mishap.
• Hopelessly misguided; contrary to what is normal, expected, or logical; having taken the utterly wrong choice.

Adverb

• Moving backwards, that is, rear end first.
• In a hopelessly misguided manner; in a manner contrary to what is normal, expected, or logical.

Origin

• Recorded in the US in the 1930s. From ass + backwards