One hill I will die on: bi-weekly should only ever mean twice a week. Semi-weekly (or fortnightly) is for once every two weeks.

I will mute everyone who disagrees and pretend they never existed

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No it's what you tell your kid when he leaves for college

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Isn't that when you like both weekdays and weekends?

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That’s the same as saying semi-weekly, while sounding more refined because ~Latin~

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Ah yes, that's one that always confuses me. For me, "next Monday" is simply whichever Monday comes next, whether it's as soon as tomorrow (assuming today is Sunday) or as far as a week from now (assuming today is Monday).

But, I understand that for some people it means "Monday a week from now", so that in my first example of today being Sunday, it would not be tomorrow but the following Monday.

So, I take "next" literally whereas some people think of an implied reference to "next [week's] Monday".

If I have to say it, I say "this coming Monday" instead. If somebody else says "next Monday", I always ask for clarification.

How do you use it yourself?

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I think the cognitive hurdle comes from people assigning the prefix "bi" (meaning "two") to the word "weeks", leading to "every two weeks" in their heads.

When in reality, the prefix "bi" applies to the word "weekly", which is a *rate* and not a unit of time.

Hence, the correct interpretation is "two weekly" or, in better English, "twice weekly".

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Bi = twice no doubts 👀

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Unfortunately not, see https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biweekly

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bi-weekly and fortnightly it is then captain (I mean that)

Go tell all the Biennales of this world🤣

hold on, just hear me out……..i don’t disagree but i don’t agree either.
how’s that?

So you can aggravate both the Americans and the British

Does that means that bi-annual is twice a year?🤔🤔

I feel like this is a uniquely American term, but is it ambiguous to anyone? For me, it's just an adjective applying to any object (e.g., an area) that involves three different states

If your question is specifically about tri-, I see no confusion there, but then again I studied Latin and my native language is a Romance one, so bi-, tri-, quadri-, etc. are natural prefixes for me

What about Pineapples? They are 'bi-annual'?

Bi-annual is correct here since they grow twice a year

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It was very goodHow about agree with the first one? And semi-agree the second? Please don’t let me be dead to you 🫠

How about agree with the first one? And semi-agree the second? Please don’t let me be dead to you 🫠