topsy-turvy

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  1. adverb With the top downward and the bottom up; upside-down.
  2. adverb In or into a state of utter disorder or confusion: "turning our ordered life topsy-turvy” (Anne Tyler).
  3. adjective Turned or positioned upside down; inverted.
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  • Turkey Day whuppin 'of the Cardinals as the turning point in a topsy-turvy' 08.
  • "The University of Idaho people are on edge because there's been a lot of topsy-turvy," said Robie Russell, an alum who practices law in Seattle. —  IdahoStatesman.com News Updates
  • But this topsy-turvy moral indignation pales alongside America's reaction - or lack thereof —  The Moderate Voice
  • But it soon dawned on me: What kind of game could, without overstepping its thematic and real-world constraints, realistically utilize the topsy-turvy, constantly re-orienting physics of —  PopMatters
  • Victory will also keep them in touch with the front-runners in a topsy-turvy 2009 competition. —  Mail & Guardian Online
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  1. Probably from top1 + obsolete terve, to overturn (from Middle English terven).
 

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