Meaning of backsie | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The back.
   childish
2. The act of taking back or going back on a statement, promise, or agreement.
   childish, in-plural, often
3. A reciprocal action or consequence, such as immediately tagging the player who has tagged one in a game of tag.
   childish, in-plural, often
4. The act of going through a sequence of moves in reverse.
   in-plural, often
5. The act of joining a queue behind a friend rather than at the end of the queue.
   childish, in-plural, often

Examples

“A mimsy, a clapsy, I roll my hands, touch backsie, My right hand, my left hand, High as the sky, low as the sea, I touch my knee, and my heel, and my toe, And over we go.”

“No backsie no matter what.”

“Frances is the loser when she agrees to no "backsies" or refunds as she buys Thelma's plastic tea dishes with money saved for a china set.”

“Talk about times when you had a backsie or gave something back to someone.”

“Not one to gloat, Thorn did sound amused Monday when asked if he had broken the news to the Mavericks' owner, Mark Cuban: no backsies.”

“Then you will be in trouble because it will kill you to have it taken out again but it will betray your deepest inner truth to tell them No Backsies.”

“Whenever one of us would say something nasty, she'd ask if we wanted a backsie, which meant we could take it back before anyone heard it.”

“"Hm. I guess I did agree to go along with whatever her conditions were..." "We smooched on it. No backsies."”

“Remind them that there are no "backsies" online—what is posted can't be taken back.”

“When Weekend Update host Colin Jost asked whether users would be able to regain ownership of their personal information, “Zuckerberg” responded, “Psh, no. Because it’s mine. You gave it to me. No backsies. And if you don’t like it, you can Zuck it.””

“And then you play Backsies again if you're playing that way.”

“In the eastern part of this country BACKSIES is played by some people after each game, and you're not through with a game until you've played it.”

“When a player gets through sixies, he then starts on a backsie of the regular game.”

“To her, the ethical thicket consists of "frontsies and backsies," a phenomenon she noticed in kindergarten.”

“One of his favorites is "No frontsies, no backsies," so there was really no point in trying to butt in.”

“Backsies meant you let a kid cut behind you. A complex moral microcosm presented itself in the world of frontsies and backsies, with a wide range of available moral responses.”

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