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arsy-versy
arsy-versy
Backwards; incorrect or mixed up; contrary to what is expected or desired. A play on the Latin vice versa. Primarily heard in UK. The electrician wired the whole building arsy-versy, so now we have to get someone else in to set things right.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Jedidah | | ji-DIE-də (English), jee-DIE-də (English) | Biblical |
| Nell | | NEL | English |
| Daley | | DAY-lee | Irish, English (Rare) |
| Moana | | - | Maori, Hawaiian |
| Konstantina | | kon-stahn-DEE-nah | Greek |
| Morton | | MAWR-tən | English |