Similar case in point: “bimonthly” means “twice a month.” That makes sense.

But the definition for “bi-weekly” does not make sense.

What do you think?

  • @[email protected]
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    61 year ago

    An old word that fell out of use to describe a two-week period is “fortnight.”

    It should make a come back, but I fear the current generations would always misspell it for… reasons.

    • @Pregnenolone
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      151 year ago

      Old word?

      Only in America, surely. Fortnightly is as common as weekly in most other English-speaking nations

    • @Pappabosley
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      121 year ago

      Oh, I didn’t get the memo, I used fortnight/ly all the time