The oddities of the English language The Word “UP” I’m sure you will enjoy this. One word in the English language that could be a noun, verb, adj, adv, prep is “UP”. Read until the end… you’ll have a good laugh !!! This two-letter word in English has more meanings than any other two-letter word.  That word is, *’UP’*.  It is listed in the dictionary as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v]. It’s easy to understand *UP*, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake *UP*? At a meeting, why does a topic come *UP*?  Why do we speak ‘UP’, and why are the officers *UP* for election, if there is a tie, it is a toss *UP*, and why is it *UP* to the secretary to write *UP* a report ? We call *UP* ...