Resol ,
@Resol@lemmy.world avatar

The opposite of "upside down" is not "downside up", but "right-side up".

The opposite of "right-side up" is not "left-side down", but "upside down".

Ladies, gentlemen, and all in between. The English language.

fmstrat ,

Wait until you learn the news is new.

Anarchistcowboy ,

Damnit someone just last week told me it was an acronym for notable events weather and sports but this makes more sense

CoggyMcFee ,

A good rule of thumb is that any word etymology that is an acronym is probably false if the word is more than 100 years old.

Cryophilia ,

Brave of you to post this

abominable_panda ,

Now explain why some people are "down for things" while others are "up for it"

PotatoKat ,
Zeppo ,
@Zeppo@sh.itjust.works avatar

How else would one interpret it?

Binette OP ,

It's not really that I interpret it in another way, but I never really thought about the structure of the word 😅

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