somnuz@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoYou can add one word to the vocabulary / general use, what would it be?message-squaremessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up14arrow-down1message-squareYou can add one word to the vocabulary / general use, what would it be?somnuz@lemm.ee to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-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-up4·3 months agoOvermorrow. I hate saying the day after tomorrow like some peasant.
minus-squaregigachad@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-23 months agoWe already have that in German! Morgen and Übermorgen (Über- = over-)
minus-squareBlubber28@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoIt is an official word, but nobody uses it anymore in English. Same goes for ereyesterday (the day before yesterday)
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 months agoY’all should bring it back to common use and rejoin the civilized world by overmorrow evening.
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoI feel we should simplify that even further by saying undermorrow.
minus-squarebumblebird@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months ago…to mean “today”? (as in, the day before tomorrow)
Overmorrow.
I hate saying the day after tomorrow like some peasant.
We already have that in German! Morgen and Übermorgen (Über- = over-)
Same in Danish, overmorgen
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.
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)