Upside Down

English

Etymology

Coined by Stranger Things.

Proper noun

Upside Down

1. A dark and horrifying reality where the rules are different
   • 2019 August 13, Greg Rosalsky, “Is Our Economy In The Upside Down?”, in npr‎:

     This Upside Down economy was the product

   • 2022 September, Scott R. Sheehan, “The President’s Prose: Inside, Outside, Upside Down”, in Music Educators Journal‎, volume 109, number 1, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 7–10:

     It is in the upside down where we can find many opportunities to grow and learn.

   • 2023 January, Tess Bissell, “Teaching in the Upside Down: What Anti–Critical Race Theory Laws Tell Us About the First Amendment”, in Stanford Law Review‎, volume 75, page 212:

     it asks courts to step into the reality educators face: the reality of teaching in the upside down.