Lol, this is why I started using fortnightly, to me biweekly means every two weeks, but nobody else I work with agrees
As opposed to semi-weekly?
If anyone suggested that I have forgotten! That’s a good idea
I just avoid the word entirely at work. ‘Twice a week’ and ‘twice a month’ take the same amount of time to say. Even ‘every two weeks’ is barely longer.
Yeah unfortunately English painted itself into a corner on this front, and unavoidable ambiguity is a dealbreaker for scheduling, so… RIP biweekly.
You just made me think of Fortnitely, so thanks for that I guess. Somehow I think it will always mean ‘about 8 years ago’ lol
I agree biweekly is every-other, but biannual means the same as semiannual to me, and I don’t know where that leaves me… There’s also biennial for every-other though.
In any case, I propose biweekly and byweekly cause you pass one by. Not any better spoken, but still.
Where do you work? I think biweekly has taken to mean 2 weeks, I expect the exception is UK.
Nah, it’s like a multi-tool situation. Does every kind of sexual but isn’t very good at any of them.
Someone’s not an ambi-turner
Obviously, twice per sexual would be semi-sexual.
isnt “semi-” partial? so half a sexual? this is the the second time today i’ve been confused by this.
Semi means half.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/semi#dictionary-entry-4
Twice per year would be semi-yearly?
Semi-annual
As opposed to semi-ennial. How could anyone be confused by this?
This is why you use semisexual instead of bisexual. It removes the ambiguity
why not hemisexual instead of hetero.
semidemisexual
tri-tetra, penta, septasexual.
Huh. I guess no one says “monosexual”
You don’t need the mono- if there’s only one. It’s just sexual.
Sometimes you do. Like monologue. Monogamy. Hm but I guess the root isn’t a whole word in those cases.
“No mono” doesn’t have the same ring to it. Unless you’re indicating that you don’t have mono, in which case, it’s… informative?
mononucleosis.
I schedule biweekly meetings biweekly.
I like it
