What does the word ‘bimonthly’ mean to you?

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Had a discussion at work, it always meant every two months to me but my boss meant twice a month!

According to the Oxford English Dictionary it has two meanings which is rather confusing. So just curious as to how many think like I do, and how many think the other way?

I've always taken it as once every two months.

Twice a month would be once a fortnight...but don't go down that rabbit hole with American colleagues!

Twice an month.

Biweekly under your def would be fortnightly and we already have that word for it!

it's every second month - bi-weekly would be twice a month

I would understand it to mean the same as you, OP.

If I meant twice per month I personally would refer to it as "Twice monthly".

Twice per month.

I understand it to be every other month.

Every other month to me as well.

Every 2 months here too. Surely twice a month is just fortnightly?

I understand it can mean either twice a month or every 2 months so I would never use it and would always clarify if someone used it to me.

Biannual plants have a two year lifecycle.

Looking it up, it can mean both twice a month or once every two months.

Is it a trans friendly term for periods?

Every 2 months - we have 121s bimonthly

I got caught out by this recently, but with bi-weekly. To me, bi-weekly means twice a week. But apparently it can also mean every two weeks. How unhelpful!

Every other month.

twice a month.

bi-weekly is twice a week.

in medicine you get the abbreviation 'bid' meaning twice a day.

bis = latin for twice

Every other month.

I thought bi-something meant every 2 and semi-something meant twice in that interval

Biannual vs semi-annual etc.

Every other month

Every other month

I once heard biscuit means baked twice

Twice a month to me

But it’s a weird one really cos fortnightly would mean the same thing.

I would clearly if it was twice a month or every other month.
It's not clear!

Every 2 months.

It means a word to avoid using because it's ambiguous. Likewise bi-weekly and bi-yearly.

I would take it to mean twice a month.