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arsy-varsy

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ar⋅sy-var⋅sy

  [ahr-see-vahr-see] Informal.
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–adjective
1. wrong end foremost; completely backward: an arsy-varsy way of doing things.
–adverb
2. in a backward or thoroughly mixed-up fashion: The papers are all filed arsy-varsy.
Also, ar⋅sy⋅ver⋅sy  [ahr-see-vur-see] .

Origin:
1530–40; prob. alter. of L vice versa (see vice versa ), with arse substituted to make a facetious rhyming compound; for L versa > varsy, cf. argal 3
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