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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (6 children)

bass-ackwards

is this how kids say ass-backwards now, or is this an attempt to avoid the (nonexistent) lemmy profanity filters lol

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

I've heard it "bass-ackwards" way more than "ass-backwards", for decades

It's basically ass-backwards said ass-backwards.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

I had high school teachers in the 80s who said it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Ha, it's been the family friendly variant for at least a few decades

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Pobody's Nerfect

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

I’ve been ironically saying it for years tbh

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It’s the corporate boomer way of saying it.