mad_asshatter@lemmy.world to Dull Men's Club@lemmy.world · 6 days agoI forgot to do my bi-monthly furnace filter change, until right now.message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareI forgot to do my bi-monthly furnace filter change, until right now.mad_asshatter@lemmy.world to Dull Men's Club@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresnrkl@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 days agoIs that bimonthly: twice a month, or bimonthly: once every two months?
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-26 days agoEvery other month right? Because we use fortnightly for every 2 weeks.
minus-squaresnrkl@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-25 days agohttps://www.dictionary.com/e/bimonthly/ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ “Both! Bimonthly can refer to something happening “every two months” or “twice a month.” Yep, bimonthly has, fittingly enough, two meanings.”
minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoBi-somethingly is once every two somethings, semi-somethingly is once every half something.
Is that bimonthly: twice a month, or bimonthly: once every two months?
Every other month right?
Because we use fortnightly for every 2 weeks.
https://www.dictionary.com/e/bimonthly/
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“Both! Bimonthly can refer to something happening “every two months” or “twice a month.” Yep, bimonthly has, fittingly enough, two meanings.”
Bi-somethingly is once every two somethings, semi-somethingly is once every half something.