# 'upto' is not a word,  right?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 11, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upto-is-not-a-word-right/577965 "2011-04-11T16:10:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pops1963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@Pops1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pops1963)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upto-is-not-a-word-right/577965/21 "2011-04-12T04:10:09Z")

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Ok I’ll play. What’s a dickfor, and is it anything like a henweigh?  
Yes and about 10 pounds:)

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**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upto-is-not-a-word-right/577965/22 "2011-04-12T07:17:41Z")

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> [@dawson](#):
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> Ok I’ll play. What’s a dickfor, and is it anything like a henweigh? 😉

They’re both related to a hammerfer.

‘Upto’ is most definitely not an actual word, but I will be using ‘updog’ on my 14-year-old when he gets back from school today, just so I can see exactly how far he can roll his eyes these days.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upto-is-not-a-word-right/577965/23 "2011-04-12T08:49:11Z")

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> [@Justin\_Credible](#):
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> Upto isn’t a word, but updog certainly is.

And so is upchuck.

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**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2011, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upto-is-not-a-word-right/577965/24 "2011-04-12T10:59:42Z")

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> [@Uncle\_Jocko](#):
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> What’s updog? 😕
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> 😃

[Michael Scott] Gotcha! Heheheh…crap. :smack: [/Michael Scott]

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