What's UP?
That’s F’d UP...................
Something’s up. Don’t let in any more Muslims or Mexicans until they learn how to use the word “up” properly.
Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
What the hell are you UP to, posting this?
Perdue has banned the word “man.” Actually, they’ve banned any word containing those letters such as “mailman”, “human”, “Manchester”, etc. One snowflake said Manchester should change it’s name.
"You have to get down so I can get up."
Of course she did have to actually get down so I could actually stand up. But I might have been thinking that I should stand down for some reason even though I was standing up. :-)
Other languages have similar oddities to express the same concept, acabar de, for example. But what must be the most difficult thing for a non-English speaker to learn is how different the language is spoken as apart from its written form. Not only are many of the letters never pronounced, when they are, they usually come out far different, and without any consistency. Take “I can” for example. It’s universally pronounced Ikin, as if it were all one word and with a sort “i” in place of an “a”. Go figure.
You’re UP to no good!
That’s nothing. See 25 words that are their own opposites:
http://mentalfloss.com/article/57032/25-words-are-their-own-opposites
That’s pretty funny, but I believe Gallagher already approached the topic.
Only in each of those samples above, the word UP is wrong. Shouldn’t be there.
James Brown sings Sex Machine:
“Get On UP!!”
And yes, adults only, NSFM, etc.
Generally it is used to indicate going from a lower to a higher energy state. In literal terms, to gain gravitational potential energy by gaining altitude. Metaphorically, to increase in order vs. disorder. To decrease the entropy in a system. “clean up a room” for example.
Don’t leave out “The UP”: that portion of Michigan cut off from the mitten by the Straits of Mackinac!
English is weird indeed.
We drive on a parkway and park in a drive way also in counting why isn’t there a teenteen eveventeen and a twelveteen?.
Did you make this UP?
“Up” is the opposite of “down”, but “burned up” is generally synonymous with “burned down”.
Imagine a non-English speaker trying to figure out what “put up with” means.
Even weirder: IT’S raining, snowing, etc.
Who or what exactly is IT??? How long has IT been at this?
Is it an entity or higher power?