somnuz@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoYou can add one word to the vocabulary / general use, what would it be?message-squaremessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up150arrow-down1message-squareYou can add one word to the vocabulary / general use, what would it be?somnuz@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square52fedilinkfile-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-up45·2 days agoOvermorrow. I hate saying the day after tomorrow like some peasant.
minus-squareBlubber28@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoIt is an official word, but nobody uses it anymore in English. Same goes for ereyesterday (the day before yesterday)
minus-squaregigachad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-21 day agoWe already have that in German! Morgen and Übermorgen (Über- = over-)
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoThe even better morgen, the übermorgen ^^
minus-squareMentalEdge@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoSame in finnish. “Ylihuomenna” where “yli” means over and the rest is tomorrow.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoY’all should bring it back to common use and rejoin the civilized world by overmorrow evening.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI feel we should simplify that even further by saying undermorrow.
minus-squarebumblebird@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours ago…to mean “today”? (as in, the day before tomorrow)
Overmorrow.
I hate saying the day after tomorrow like some peasant.
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.
We already have that in German! Morgen and Übermorgen (Über- = over-)
Same in Danish, overmorgen
The even better morgen, the übermorgen ^^
Same in finnish. “Ylihuomenna” where “yli” means over and the rest is tomorrow.
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.
…to mean “today”? (as in, the day before tomorrow)