I had never thought about all this. Live and learn. There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meaning than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP". It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but ...©JOKEDEMO.COM

When we waken in the morning, why do we wake UP?©JOKEDEMO.COM

At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?©JOKEDEMO.COM

Why do we speak UP, and why are the officers UP for election, and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?©JOKEDEMO.COM

We call UP our friends, we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.©JOKEDEMO.COM

At other times the little word has real special meaning.©JOKEDEMO.COM

People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses.©JOKEDEMO.COM

To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.©JOKEDEMO.COM

And this is confusing:©JOKEDEMO.COM

A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP.©JOKEDEMO.COM

To be knowledgeable of the proper uses of UP, look UP the word in the dictionary. In a desk size dictionary, UP takes UP almost and#24405; the page and definitions add UP to about thirty.©JOKEDEMO.COM

If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.©JOKEDEMO.COM

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP. When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets UP the earth. When it doesn't rain for a while, things really dry UP. One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP, so I'll shut UP.....