top·sy-tur·vy
ˌtäp-sē-ˈtər-vē 
1
: in utter confusion or disorder
2
: with the top or head downward : upside down
: turned topsy-turvy : totally disordered
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Adjective
the office is still topsy-turvy even though we moved in months ago
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Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
The final minute was a microcosm of a topsy-turvy affair.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2024
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
Pinsker’s characters always make the best of tricky situations, which only makes their struggles in her topsy-turvy worlds more heartbreaking.
—Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
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Adverb
And in the topsy-turvy world of the global Left, oppressors are presumptively guilty.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
The final minute was a microcosm of a topsy-turvy affair.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 24 Nov. 2024
Noun
Within that film’s topsy-turvy multiverse, Quan was by turns a laundromat owner on the verge of divorcing his wife, a dashing romantic lead and an action hero.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2023
Pinsker’s characters always make the best of tricky situations, which only makes their struggles in her topsy-turvy worlds more heartbreaking.
—Charlie Jane Anders, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2023
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“Topsy-turvy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/topsy-turvy. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.
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