A fork of Rural Dictionary
Said of outspoken, autocratic persons that profess to always be right and boast about how they 'told somebody off'.
I feel jaded after listening to her. She's always on the up and up.
To be under the influence of any type of substance that will cause one to be spun out.
Shit...I was on the up and up for a minute after I did that eightball!
Fred: She don't know what's up. Ted: Yup, she ain't on the up and up. I'm good.
A game used in elementary school where you always looked down on the floor for people's shoes to tell who picked your thumb.
heads up seven up at school
An army term meaning promotion to a higher position after a senior employee screwed up an assignment. The rest of his career will be served with no more damage. Can be used by any large bureaucracy, but less so by corporations. Read the Peter Principle where an employee is promoted to his highest level of incompetence.
The minister responsible for the African "Ground Nut Scheme" boondoggle during the 1950s was given a promotion and a title. His new position required no real work, it was a classic case of fuck up move up.