Up: the two letter word with many meanings  (Author unknown)

This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that word is ‘UP.’  It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].

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? We call UP our friends, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers  clean UP the kitchen.

We race UP the stairs. We look UP at the sky. We top UP our petrol tanks. We break UP a fight.  We pace UP and down.  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 is 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, look UP the word UP in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 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. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it soaks UP the earth. When it does not rain for a while, things dry UP. One could go on and on, but I’ll wrap it UP, for now …… my time is UP!

Oh….one more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning & the last thing you do at night? UP !

Did that one crack you UP? Now I’ll shut UP.               

Bloggers note: I am too tired and brain fried tonight to write my own blog for the day, and whilst sorting through some old emails, found this uptake on the word up, and decided it was all I had left in my tank for today. For those loyal receive an email every time I post a blog followers, I apologise for posting my first attempt at today’s blog, with a title and no story, evidence for today just how sizzled my grey cells are feeling! These moments help motivate me to keep striving and working hard to keep my shit together as the kids would say. And for you Paul, a small insight into my dementia, and my stubbornness not to publish something without full editing… although as I view the Blog Preview, I realise the formatting of my copied words is not UP to scratch. For now, for today, that has to be ok.