Cattywampus
While we all might be familiar with some of the phrases on this list, how many of us know what “cattywampus” means? Indeed, the strange word has been inappropriately used by many people. To describe something as cattywampus means that it is askew or disordered. For example, if you happened to be installing a bookshelf with your Southern friend, and you got the leveling wrong and your books slid off when you put them on, they might say that the bookshelf “turned out cattywampus”.
Cattywampus
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