Meaning of arse about face | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Placed or arranged the opposite way to the way it should be.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, not-comparable, slang
2. Arranged in a confused or haphazard way; muddled.
   Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, not-comparable, slang

Examples

“No wonder it doesn't look right mate, you've got the whole thing arse about face.”

“It’s absurd, topsy-turvy, arse-about-face. But shit, nonetheless, demands a reading, and vice versa.”

“Someone blows a hole in the head of the owner a couple of places along the Gap and nobody seems to give a shit. Fucking arse about face this fucking place.”

“Like we didn't move here for my job, we came here (for ...) to become a student and study for a degree and it's arse about face. We tend to do things in an arse-about-face way no matter how hard we try. And I, at the risk of being hopelessly inarticulate I like the arse about face-ness of the LETS system.”

“We've got it so arse about face in modern society.”

“Use them to inpregnant^([sic]) a woman: muddle up past and future, in-breed across time-zones, turn the family tree into a tangled bush, roots and shoots all arse about face.”

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