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Arsy-varsy – head over heels, topsy-turvy, backside forward
I shouted, “Don’t jump on the bed!” But my four-year-old didn’t listen. He jumped up and down twice and then went arsy-varsy off the bed and onto the floor.
Also used in Isaac Asimov’s The Robots of Dawn.
Source: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arsy-varsy
Tell me about your “arsy-varsy” moments in the comments section.
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In the UK, in some places, we say ‘arsy tarsy’ actually meaning someone is being awkward.
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That’s great, Elaine! I was a bit arsy tarsy when I was in the UK this winter. I lost my Oyster card on the way out of the station and an officer had to let me through the gates.
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No, I mean awkward as in being a pain in the arse. If you had lost your card and the officer had said, oh I’ll let you out of this gate, and you had said, no, I want to use the other gate, that would be arsy tarsy.
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Nice clarification! Love it.
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woopsie… i hope he was okay…
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Thanks for the concern! He’s fine. But he falls down a LOT.
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