mad_asshatter to Dull Men's Club • 19 days agoI forgot to do my bi-monthly furnace filter change, until right now.message-square18arrow-up147arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squaresnrkllinkfedilink4•19 days agoIs that bimonthly: twice a month, or bimonthly: once every two months?
minus-squareslazer2aulinkEnglish2•edit-219 days agoEvery other month right? Because we use fortnightly for every 2 weeks.
minus-square@rtxnlinkEnglish1•18 days agoBi-somethingly is once every two somethings, semi-somethingly is once every half something.
minus-squaresnrkllinkfedilink1•edit-218 days agohttps://www.dictionary.com/e/bimonthly/ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ “Both! Bimonthly can refer to something happening “every two months” or “twice a month.” Yep, bimonthly has, fittingly enough, two meanings.”
Is that bimonthly: twice a month, or bimonthly: once every two months?
Every other month right?
Because we use fortnightly for every 2 weeks.
Bi-somethingly is once every two somethings, semi-somethingly is once every half something.
https://www.dictionary.com/e/bimonthly/
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“Both! Bimonthly can refer to something happening “every two months” or “twice a month.” Yep, bimonthly has, fittingly enough, two meanings.”