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    This document defines the terms "askew", "awry", and "kitty-corner" and provides the origin and additional meanings of the term "catawampus". "Catawampus" is a 19th century American slang term that can refer to something being askew or describe an imaginary fierce animal or something savage and destructive.

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    This document defines the terms "askew", "awry", and "kitty-corner" and provides the origin and additional meanings of the term "catawampus". "Catawampus" is a 19th century American slang term that can refer to something being askew or describe an imaginary fierce animal or something savage and destructive.

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    Cattywampus

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    This document defines the terms "askew", "awry", and "kitty-corner" and provides the origin and additional meanings of the term "catawampus". "Catawampus" is a 19th century American slang term that can refer to something being askew or describe an imaginary fierce animal or something savage and destructive.

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    askew, awry, kitty-corner.


    Cattywampus is a variant of catawampus,
    another example of grand 19th century
    American slang. In addition to “askew”
    catawampus may refer to “an imaginary fierce
    wild animal,” or may mean “savage,
    destructive.

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