Arseways

n.

Heard in Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick, Offaly, Meath and Sligo

To do something incorrectly or backwards.

He put it together arseways.

Posh English

He assembled it entirely incorrectly.

Same phrase, other counties

• Kilkenny
• Limerick
• Offaly
• Meath
• Sligo

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