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Just realized that "upside down" means "the up side is down", making it upside down (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’ve had similar realizations about words like “across” and “again”.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I get "across", but what about again?

[–] Trex202 5 points 3 months ago

A gain. In addition to.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

“A gain” as in one more. Gain meaning “an increase in amount”