What's up? #usingwords

Just a little humor - and great use of the word UP. Hope you enjoy!  :)  Rita


I won’t take UP much time – but before I get started I thought I’d STRIKE UP a conversation about the word UP.  This English two-letter word has more meanings than any other two-letter word.   

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 (if there’s a tie, it is a toss UP) 

and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? 

We call UP our friends,

brighten UP a room,

polish UP the silver,

warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the  kitchen. 

We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.

  

At other times, this little word has real special meaning. 

People stir UP trouble, 

line UP 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’s blocked UP.

We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. 

We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!

To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, you could look UP the word UP in the dictionary. 

It takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and you might find UP to about thirty definitions.

When the sun comes out, we say it’s clearing UP. 

When it threatens to rain, we say it’s clouding UP.

When it rains, it soaks UP the earth. 

When it doesn’t rain for a while, things dry UP. 

I could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now . . . my time is UP!

 

Oh  . . . One more thing: What’s the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do at night?

U P!   Did that one crack you UP?   Now I'll shut UP!