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upside-down
 adj.— «The right direction/wrong track figures, Congressional and presidential approval ratings and confidence measures are all “upside-down,” which pollster parlance for crappy.» —“Gas and Indecision” by Kellyanne Conway National Review Online June 27, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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