Cattywampus

going badly, awkwardly, or in the wrong direction

-Dear me, everything has gone catawampus with me this week.
-This is a market where that mantra "buy, don't rent" has been turned catawampus.
-Chagall's work uses geometric shapes, sharp angles, bold colours and catawampus characters.
-From that moment on in the movie things go cattywampus for the squad.

by pookied-rage December 28, 2023

Cattywampus

askew, awry. Cattywampus is a variant of catawampus, another example of grand 19th century American slang. In addition to “askew” catawampus may refer to “an imaginary fierce wild animal,” or may mean “savage, destructive.”

The unfinished renovation project had left the laundry room cattywampus

by Andrew Cinerari August 6, 2024

Cattywampus

Formal:
Diagonal, askew

Informal:
Completely and utterly out of line

Her love live is going absolutely cattywampus.

by QwertyCTRL. January 11, 2022

cattywampus

a random insult that sounds very silly. it means something is diagonal, so calling someone this basically means they’re a crooked cunt.

god, look at natalie. she is such a cattywampus bitch.

by tete!! December 16, 2023