There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is 'UP'.
It's easy to understand UP , meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ? At a meeting, why does a topic come UP ? Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report ? (one does NOT write UP, one merely writes!)
We call UP our friends. (no we don't, we call our friends!)
And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver (no, we polish the silver!); we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen (no, we clean the kitchen!). We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car. At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets (queue for tickets?!), work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
And this UP is confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP (blocked!). We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night (no, we open it in the morning and close it at night!)
We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP ! To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP , look the word UP in the dictionary (research it!). In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions. If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.
When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP (over!). When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP! When is rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP.
When is doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP .
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP , for now my time is UP , so........it is time to shut UP!
Posted: at 14-05-2010 12:29 PM (14 years ago) | Newbie
belindajustins at 14-05-2010 12:39 PM (14 years ago) (f)
wey the joke?
Posted: at 14-05-2010 12:39 PM (14 years ago) | Gistmaniac
u screw my gart up boy! dis is d dryest stuf i ve ever read here.....rather than waste a whole hour reading dis shit i'd rather go beckingham hospital to clean up some corpse and get paid £100
Here comes d Great King Xtervaganza
Posted: at 15-05-2010 12:48 PM (14 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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