Biweekly

[Luke]

I keep getting two definitions:

Noun: A periodical that appears every two weeks or twice a week.

What? How can it be both?

I always thought biweekly equals every other week, and that semiweekly equals twice a week.


What gives?

[AppleQueso]

biweekly is when you're sexually attracted to both twice a week and every two weeks.

[noiseredux]

I hate the word biweekly because I never could figure out which it meant. So it really does mean both? Way to fuck us up Merriam Webster.

[AppleQueso]

I don't even use the term anymore. I just say "twice a week" or "every two weeks".

[prfsnl_gmr]

Luke is correct. Biweekly refers to something that occurs once every two weeks. Semiweekly refers to something that occurs twice a week. If someone uses the term "biweekly" to refer to something that occurs twice a week, then he or she is using the term incorrectly.

I hope that clears up any confusion.

[Hateshinai]

biweekly is when you're sexually attracted to both twice a week and every two weeks.

[Niode]

In this country we usually just say fortnightly to avoid confusion. Biweekly never really made much sense to me.

[fastbilly1]

Luke is correct. Biweekly refers to something that occurs once every two weeks. Semiweekly refers to something that occurs twice a week. If someone uses the term "biweekly" to refer to something that occurs twice a week, then he or she is using the term incorrectly.

I hope that clears up any confusion.

Websters would like to disagree with you:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biweekly

So would Wikitionary:
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/biweekly

The Online Dictionary:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/biweekly

And Encarta:
http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_18615 ... eekly.html

[Luke]

Luke is correct. Biweekly refers to something that occurs once every two weeks. Semiweekly refers to something that occurs twice a week. If someone uses the term "biweekly" to refer to something that occurs twice a week, then he or she is using the term incorrectly.

I hope that clears up any confusion.

That's what I thought, but when you search the word biweekly, I get both definitions from several places.


Oh well, at least I schooled my office on the word anxious. One chick here uses that word so often I finally had to correct her.

[noiseredux]

In this country we usually just say fortnightly to avoid confusion. Biweekly never really made much sense to me.

yeah but you also call fries "chips," so who can trust you?