The art and science of hurtling blindly in the wrong direction with no sense of the impending doom about to be inflicted on one's sorry ass. Usually applied to procedures, processes, or theories based on faulty logic, or faulty personnel.
Once again, marketing wants the poor engineers to build something that will sell, but don't have a clue what that "something" could be. Bass ackwards as usual.
If you're pouring a Black and Tan. But you put the Guinness in first then try to add the Bass. You've got it Bass-ackwards. The Bass goes first the you floot the Guinness on top with a spoon.
Describes something being so screwed up that it's not just backward, it's ASS backward...and the point is emphasized even more by screwing up the words "ass backward"
The radio won't work because you put the batteries in bass-ackward.