cattywampus

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cattywampus

1. Crooked or out of alignment; askew. Your tie is all cattywampus. Here, let me fix it for you. No matter how many times I adjust it, that picture just wants to hang cattywampus. The wreath wasn't cattywampus when I left this morning. I guess the high winds got to it.
2. Situated diagonally from someone or something else. No, you know Mr. Jones—his house is cattywampus to ours. What fool parked his truck all cattywampus like this? The lines between parking spaces are there for a reason! Thankfully the daycare is cattywampus to my office, so dropping the kids off in the morning is really easy.
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