Assward is an informal North American term meaning ass-first, backwards, or in reverse — doing something the wrong way around. It functions as an adverb or adjective and is typically used when emphasising that someone approached a task from exactly the wrong direction. The register is casual and slightly crude, the more vulgar cousin of 'backwards.' It carries a tone of exasperated disbelief at someone's approach rather than genuine anger.
He installed the whole unit assward and had to tear it out and start again.
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(North America, informal) Ass first; backward.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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