backsies

English

Etymology

back + -sies

Noun

backsies

  1. plural of backsie

Noun

backsies (uncountable)

  1. (childish) The act of taking back or going back on one's word, promise, or gift.
    • 1987, Carolyn W. Field; Jaqueline Shachter Weiss, Values in selected children's books of fiction and fantasy:
      Frances is the loser when she agrees to no "backsies" or refunds as she buys Thelma's plastic tea dishes with money saved for a china set.
    • 2008 March 25, Harvey Araton, “For President, Knicks Could Look Nearby”, in New York Times:
      Not one to gloat, Thorn did sound amused Monday when asked if he had broken the news to the Mavericks' owner, Mark Cuban: no backsies.
    • 2011, Jenna Katerin Moran, Nobilis: The Essentials, Volume 1, page 11:
      Then you will be in trouble because it will kill you to have it taken out again but it will betray your deepest inner truth to tell them No Backsies.
    • 2013 May 6, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Monday, May 6, 2013:
      "Hm. I guess I did agree to go along with whatever her conditions were..." "We smooched on it. No backsies."
    • 2015, Susan Morris Shaffer, Linda Perlman Gordon, How to Connect with Your iTeen: A Parenting Road Map, page 226:
      Remind them that there are no "backsies" online—what is posted can't be taken back.
  2. (childish) A reciprocal action or consequence, such as immediately tagging the player who has tagged one in a game of tag.
  3. (childish) The act of joining a queue behind a friend rather than at the end of the queue.
    • 1988, William L. Rivers, Cleve Mathews, Ethics for the media, page 45:
      To her, the ethical thicket consists of "frontsies and backsies," a phenomenon she noticed in kindergarten.
    • 2003, Ann M. Martin, The Baby-sitter's Club, page 200:
      One of his favorites is "No frontsies, no backsies," so there was really no point in trying to butt in.
    • 2019, Robert K. Bolger, Robert C. Coburn, Religious Language, Meaning, and Use: The God Who is Not There:
      Backsies meant you let a kid cut behind you. A complex moral microcosm presented itself in the world of frontsies and backsies, with a wide range of available moral responses.

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