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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Bi? #142510 04/27/2005 3:16 PM Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1 Maryland Blondegirl stranger Blondegirl stranger Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 1 Maryland My boyfriend and I are discussing the words preceded by "bi" such as "bi-weekly" and "bi-monthly." He wholeheartedly contends that they mean "twice a week" and "twice a month" instead of "every two weeks" etc. Does anyone know where we got this concoction of words and why they mean what we believe them to mean? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Bi? Blondegirl 04/27/2005 3:16 PM Re: Bi? Sparteye 04/27/2005 5:18 PM Re: Bi? Elizabeth Creith 04/27/2005 7:13 PM Re: Bi? wsieber 04/28/2005 4:36 AM Re: Bi? Sparteye 04/28/2005 1:58 PM Re: Bi? Buffalo Shrdlu 04/28/2005 2:02 PM Re: Bi? maverick 04/28/2005 3:58 PM Re: on the dock Buffalo Shrdlu 04/28/2005 4:11 PM Re: on the dock maverick 04/29/2005 3:32 PM No googlewhack here... AnnaStrophic 04/29/2005 3:38 PM Re: No googlewhack here... tsuwm 04/30/2005 3:44 PM Re: Bi? TEd Remington 04/27/2005 7:18 PM Re: Bi? inselpeter 04/27/2005 8:19 PM Re: Bi? Saranita 04/27/2005 9:24 PM There has to be a digitalis post TEd Remington 04/27/2005 9:36 PM Re: Bi? inselpeter 04/27/2005 9:54 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts230,261 Members9,208 Most Online4,606 Sep 17th, 2025 Newest Members JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery, Forix Richard 9,208 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 26 A C Bowden 9 LukeJavan8 2 handymanhome 1 JerryC 1 Wood Delivery 1 Trusted Roofing 1 John Fox 1 Tony Hood 1 Forix Richard 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,122 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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