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by TeMPOraL 563 days ago
> quarter of

Still can't beat stuff like "bi-weekly" which can mean "every two weeks" or "twice a week" or probably some other thing as well.

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As is often the case, Randall Munroe has already delivered: https://xkcd.com/1602/. Perhaps the joke in this context would be if it said "bi-weekly".

"You should come to our Linguistics Club's bi-weekly meeting. Membership is open to anyone who can figure out how often we meet." (I mean, you have a 50-50 shot. I wonder if there's any personality insights one could learn from such a selection.)

Fortunately, fortnightly exists :)
yeah. for years, there's "biennial" (every 2 years) vs "biannual" (twice in 1 year).

no such luck w/ months or weeks.

also your username is almost as salient to the topic as mine! ;)