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Recluse Posted 18 years ago
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Anyone knows what's upty-ump?
0 I've checked some dictionaries, but ended up with nothing... 02 br
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00 Could anyone tell me what does upty-ump mean? 02 br
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00 I found the compound word when I was reading I,Robot, 02 br
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00 The text is as follow: 02 br
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00 "five hundred vacuum cells, a thousand relays, and upty-ump thousand other individual pieces of complexity that can be wrong" 02 br
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00 My understanding is that the word has the same meaning as 'umpteen' 0-
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00 Could anyone tell me what does upty-ump mean? 02 br
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00 I found the compound word when I was reading I,Robot, 02 br
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00 The text is as follow: 02 br
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00 "five hundred vacuum cells, a thousand relays, and upty-ump thousand other individual pieces of complexity that can be wrong" 02 br
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00 My understanding is that the word has the same meaning as 'umpteen' 0-
Top answer
term=umpty+ump
- term=umpty+ump
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0 Hi Recluse 02 br
00 I've never heard the expression 'upty-ump' either, but I agree that 'umpteen' is what it seems to mean. 02 br
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00 Dictionary.com has an entry for 'u 01 b 00 m 02 b 00 pty-ump' and 'u 01 b 00 m 02 b 00 pty-umpth': 02 br
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00 I've never heard the expression 'upty-ump' either, but I agree that 'umpteen' is what it seems to mean. 02 br
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00 Dictionary.com has an entry for 'u 01 b 00 m 02 b 00 pty-ump' and 'u 01 b 00 m 02 b 00 pty-umpth': 02 br
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0 Thanks for your reply. 02 br
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00 I guess it could be either Mr.Asimov simply made a mistake or the word "upmty-ump" used to be written in a different way. 0-
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00 I guess it could be either Mr.Asimov simply made a mistake or the word "upmty-ump" used to be written in a different way. 0-
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