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Just realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside down

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ALQ@lemmy.world
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I remember learning this about 20ish years ago and telling my then-sister in law about it when I explained why I wasn’t going to use it anymore. I got told I had a stick up my ass, and this was by a marginalized (gay, immigrant) woman. (Somewhat unrelated note - very grateful she’s a former relation.)

So glad people have been learning and I’ve been hearing “gypped” less and less in recent years.

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ricdeh@lemmy.world
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Some words have simply entered common use and become decoupled from their former meaning. Maybe your acquaintance was right.

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Welt@lazysoci.al
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Seems like Orwell was right

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