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单词 arsy-varsy
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arsy-varsy in American English

(ˈɑːrsiˈvɑːrsi)
informal
adjective
1. 
wrong end foremost; completely backward
an arsy-varsy way of doing things
adverb
2. 
in a backward or thoroughly mixed-up fashion
The papers are all filed arsy-varsy
Also: arsy-versy
Word origin
[1530–40; prob. alter. of L vice versa ( see vice versa), with arse substituted to make a facetious rhyming compound; for L versa ˃ varsy, cf. argal3]
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