somnuz@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoYou can add one word to the vocabulary / general use, what would it be?message-squaremessage-square57linkfedilinkarrow-up157arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up156arrow-down1message-squareYou can add one word to the vocabulary / general use, what would it be?somnuz@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square57linkfedilinkfile-text
Any explanation / meaning / backstory is more than welcome, or you can just drop it for everyone to try and resolve.
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up47·2 months agoOvermorrow. I hate saying the day after tomorrow like some peasant.
minus-squaregigachad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up20·edit-22 months agoWe already have that in German! Morgen and Übermorgen (Über- = over-)
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 months agoThe even better morgen, the übermorgen ^^
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoSame in finnish. “Ylihuomenna” where “yli” means over and the rest is tomorrow.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoY’all should bring it back to common use and rejoin the civilized world by overmorrow evening.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI feel we should simplify that even further by saying undermorrow.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoNo, the underneath of the day after tomorrow (night), as opposed to the above (morning, or day).
minus-squareBlubber28@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoIt is an official word, but nobody uses it anymore in English. Same goes for ereyesterday (the day before yesterday)
Overmorrow.
I hate saying the day after tomorrow like some peasant.
We already have that in German! Morgen and Übermorgen (Über- = over-)
The even better morgen, the übermorgen ^^
Same in finnish. “Ylihuomenna” where “yli” means over and the rest is tomorrow.
Same in Danish, overmorgen
Y’all should bring it back to common use and rejoin the civilized world by overmorrow evening.
I feel we should simplify that even further by saying undermorrow.
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No, the underneath of the day after tomorrow (night), as opposed to the above (morning, or day).
It is an official word, but nobody uses it anymore in English. Same goes for ereyesterday (the day before yesterday)
Well, we can fix that.