When did adding up to phrases become a thing? - Page 3

gidgetgh · ‎03-09-2010

@vermint wrote:
@gidgetgh wrote:
I hear you on the adding of "up". I don't understand it,

Another one I just don't use, that is used widely by probably everyone but me, is adding the word "down" when referring to cleaning something.

"I wiped the counter down". "I wiped the car seats down".

I don't understand why the word "down" needs to be included. I wiped the counters. I wiped the car seats. I don't understand what "down" adds.
@gidgetgh I agree on the "down"! Regarding "up", something I see a lot of here (in reviews, mostly) is "This (clothing item, sheet set, etc.) washed up well." Maybe it's a regional thing, but I just say "washed well".

@vermint - I say "washed well" also.

Why is it, when I have a 50/50 guess at something, I'm always 100% wrong?

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

@CelticCrafter wrote:
The one that annoys me is when someone will ask a question and finish it with "and go".

Who makes the best pizza and go.

I think it's just stupid.

@CelticCrafter

I have never heard the term you mentioned, but I worked with an older women whom would be sharing a story or asking something. After a pause, she frequently ended her sentence with "and all".

I understood the term to mean "and other related things". She appeared to still be thinking about the subject.

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

@Group 5 minus 1 wrote:
Change it up,etc. Shouldn't it just be "change it"?

@Group 5 minus 1

I have heard "change it up" for decades; the use implied "be creative", don't accept "it" as it is.

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

Kinda like "eat up" or "drink up"...?

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TheMemphisVette · ‎02-01-2015

i wonder what words or phrases our grandparents complained about when they were our age.

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occasionalrain · ‎03-10-2010

A surprise can be unexpected. A person may expect a surprise birthday party, or it may be an unexpected surprise birthday party. Change it up means to increase it's value or to make it more formal. I hear general consensus when consensus means general on it's own. I don't say wipe it down, but I may say wipe off.

Daisy Sunflower · ‎10-26-2010

Kinda like "She fell down". As opposed to fell up?

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

These things do weigh on my nerves. It is all so distressing. Why recently I heard someone say "pregnant" instead of "with child." She said it in the afternoon, right there at the tea table! Can you even imagine?