Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having the part normally pointed upward pointed downward; inverted.
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- adjective being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed
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Examples
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A Miami judge said to me "I know who you are - you're that woman who thinks she can stop a foreclosure because the notary signed her name upside-down."
Richard Zombeck: MASS Registry of Deeds: A Household Name in Foreclosure Households Richard Zombeck 2011
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A Miami judge said to me "I know who you are - you're that woman who thinks she can stop a foreclosure because the notary signed her name upside-down."
Richard Zombeck: MASS Registry of Deeds: A Household Name in Foreclosure Households Richard Zombeck 2011
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It easily can become a sacred hurricane that turns everything upside-down and inside-out.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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Dr. Patch Adams, the medical doctor who dresses and acts like a clown, would find a homecoming in the Kalahari for his wild and crazy antics, particularly those that turn everything upside-down with outrageous tomfoolery.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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This is when the universe was turned upside-down, not by God but by trickster.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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The Bushmen suggest that we have turned the basic truths of living upside-down and that is why practically everything in our lives, from the global economy to our homes, schools, politics, and ecology, is in such a topsy-turvy mess.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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In the film, their life is turned upside-down when a Coca-Cola bottle is thrown out the window of a light airplane flying over the Kalahari Desert.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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They can leap over the pews in a church, like some parishioners have done, or they can be filled with enough n|om to stand upside-down in a fire.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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You take a seat on an upside-down stack of plastic paint buckets.
Can You Survive The Zombie Apocalypse? Max Brallier 2011
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I have on black leather pants, a black T-shirt, a black punk bracelet, a silver bracelet and a rosary necklace with an upside-down cross.
Get Laid or Die Trying Jeff Allen 2011
whichbe commented on the word upside-down
Flip your fonts
July 16, 2008
dontcry commented on the word upside-down
¡looɔ
July 16, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word upside-down
I have a gift for chained_bear now.
July 16, 2008
bilby commented on the word upside-down
¡ɹ�?pun-u�?op �?ʌıl oɥ�? sn ɟo �?soɥʇ ɹoɟ ʎʇıl�?nb�? ¡ʇs�?l ʇ�?
July 16, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word upside-down
Aww... thanks Pro! I have a gift for you too!
July 16, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word upside-down
Wait! Is sıɥʇ the way you usually see Wordie, bilby? that's very interesting.
July 17, 2008
bilby commented on the word upside-down
˙�?ɔ�?ds oʇuı ɟɟo ƃuıʇ�?olɟ d�?�?ʞ d�?�?ɥs ɹno ll�? ˙ƃuıʇ�?ɹʇsnɹɟ ʎɹ�?ʌ s,ʇı ¿ɹ�?pun-u�?op ƃuıʌıl �?ʞıl s,ʇı ʞuıɥʇ oʎ op ʇ�?ɥ�? ˙sı ʇı �?sɹnoɔ ɟo
July 17, 2008
sionnach commented on the word upside-down
That Mercator dude has a lot to answer for.
Lambs ..... in ..... Space. You'd think they would have evolved Velcro feet by now.
Though rumor has it that all the space-livestock are due to return at Uluru on Dec 21, 2012. Be there, aloha!
July 17, 2008
bilby commented on the word upside-down
Close Encounters Of The Herd Kind.
July 17, 2008
Prolagus commented on the word upside-down
sionnach, I just added Velcro-footed sheep.
July 17, 2008
gangerh commented on the word upside-down
This is just a different way to spell downside-up.
July 18, 2008
bilby commented on the word upside-down
dn-�?pısu�?op
July 18, 2008
reesetee commented on the word upside-down
¡unɟ ¡ooɥ�?�?
July 22, 2008