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upside-down

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upside down

noun
1.
with the upper part undermost.
2.
in or into complete disorder; topsy-turvy: The burglars turned the house upside down.

Origin:
1300–50; re-formation (see upside) of Middle English upsedoun, earlier up so doun (see up, so1, down1; sense of so obscure)

up·side-down, adjective
up·side-down·ness, noun
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Upside-down is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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Word Origin & History

upside down
c.1490, earlier upsadoun (1382), up so down (c.1300); the so perhaps meaning "as if."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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