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

Caddywhumpus

Improper or incorrectly done, not being of sound mind, having to or doing with something not quite right.

The wheels on my motorcycle were all Caddywhumpus after I jumped over Snake Canyon. (:

by David Lyons July 20, 2006

cattywampus cock sprocket

When you receive anal from your neighbors cat whilst stroking your penis with a gear from a machine of your choice

Last nights cattywampus cock sprocket was amazing

by Michael_j_fox_3 March 20, 2017

cattywampus

A wild or domesticated (nobody's quite sure) swamp rat, native to mt mansfield. Most commonly sighted chewing through brittle bars while, chain smoking, on the gondola.

That goddamn cattywampus done chewed through them brittlebars again.

by samdamnit April 6, 2015

cattywampus

crazy, chaotic

if things get cattywampus just call me

by Whisper August 10, 2003

Caddy Wampus

Not right, wrong, fishy, suspicious

Who installed that it’s caddy wampus

by Smurf Dogg May 15, 2018

cattywampus

ayo

someone looks like tyler1
"cattywampus! Look at the dent in his head!"

by pxti February 6, 2021