cattywampus

see also: awry, askew, out-of-sorts

things seems a bit cattywampus as of late.

by www.joerandazzo.com September 8, 2003

kittywampus

crazy word from south-western wisconsin meaning-off-balenced, uncentered, or a general state of confusion.

(south western wisconsinite)o man that picture is all kittywampus
(normal person)wtf?

by rainbow_colored_bangles March 24, 2005

katywampus

off kilter or off center. Crooked not straight or true.

The dock section is katywampus.

by Joe Merickel July 8, 2006

Cattywampus

Going badly, awkwardly, or in the wrong direction:

Tricia couldn't settle down and study because her thoughts were all cattywampus

by YourUrbanPerson March 4, 2022

cattywampus

crazy, chaotic

If things get cattywampus just call me.

by Whisper August 10, 2003

kittywampus

Knocked askew. Alternate form of Kattywampus

"Slamming the door knocks the pictures on my wall all kittywampus."

by Char H January 8, 2006

cattywampus

ADV. Performed in a non-straightforward manner; approached from an unexpected angle; askew; askance.

Ralph Waldo Emerson was a poet and philosopher whose idea of the "Oversoul" may prefigure contemporary astrophysicists' notion that "all matter is is made up of the same elements and energies and governed by the same laws" because the universe proceeds from a Big Bang. "Poets may go at the big truths a little cattywampus, but sometimes they do get to them" (Ted Kooser, _The Poetry Home Repair Manual_, University of Nebraska Press, 2005. 141)

by mecr July 7, 2012