upsies
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The Rolling Stones cut a record called “Mother’s Little Helpers.’[’] An innocuous title? You bet it was, but the lyrics revealed that “Mother’s Little Helpers” are the “upsies and downsies” that mom takes to get her through the day. The “upsies” are the pep pills she takes when she wakes up and the “downsies” are the tranquilizers she takes before going to bed."
- "Sylvia may not take drugs, but Kim was very into pills—upsies and downsies and in-betweensies."
- "Girls seek release through drinking and pills and dexies and upsies and downsies. Whatever. I haven’t had to."
- "“[…] We’re locked in.” / That woke me up. “Why? What’s happened?” / He pointed contemptuously at the two girls. “It’s their fault. They were selling upsies and downsies to the kids at Denver Springs.” / […] “But if the warden took away the drugs they were selling, why won’t he let them out?”"
Etymology
From up + -sies.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: up