cattywampus
Dialect
- Meaning
- Crooked, askew, out of alignment.
- Type
- Dialect Word
- Used in
- Texas, Appalachia, Oklahoma, Tennessee
What does “cattywampus” mean
Something that doesn't sit right — leaning, off-kilter, diagonal. A regional variant of 'catawampus'. Likely fuses 'cater-' (as in catercorner, diagonal) with Scots 'wampish' (to wriggle or twist). 'That picture's hung cattywampus.'
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