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DAE refuse to use the word "biweekly" because it has two different definitions? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just say what you mean:

"every 2 weeks," or

"twice a week."

Pick the one you mean.

Because unfortunately "biweekly" can mean either of those things, which kinda makes the word useless.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The team I was on at work number of years ago had to hash this exact thing out because we had a "biweekly" status and was confusing people. We ultimately landed on not using the term.

Bimonthly and biannually have the same problem.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Biannual does not because of biennial.

Biannual: two times per every one year

Biennial: one time per every two years

No idea if there's similar words for weekly/monthly but I only know about yearly from this https://youtu.be/ljkaN_-d-Zg