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A corruption of 'up and down' suggesting a frenzied running from pillar to post in desperation; especially when in trouble or trying to curry favour with personalities to influence circumstances or gain preferential support. (Nigerian origin.)
He is begging chiefs upandan.
upandan by forakin September 25, 2016
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Upanya • upinya • upanatem • upayan • upaayan • Upanda • upandan • upanga • Upasya • upayana
Pronounced up-in-ya. The answer to almost any question from someone you don’t care to talk to or you would like to mess with
girl : Hey where are you going tonight?
guy : upinya
girl : where’s that? I’ve never been there?
guy : Oh you’ll see

annoying guy: (with pencil in hand) excuse me do you know where the pencil sharpener is?
guy 2 : Why yes I do, I believe it is upinya.
annoying guy: Oh then will you be a deer and point me in that direction?
guy 2: NO! Now go f@#k yourself
upinya by deck man January 11, 2006
When a panda goes to school and says u instead off you. They play roblox all day too
Upanda by Paselsk March 3, 2021
A kid who crazily takes all AP/Hard courses possible, and then while doing badly justifies it.
OMG! Did you hear that guy who took 10 ap's in 2 years!?

Wow, what a Upayan.
upayan by SwagMasta101 September 2, 2014

upanatem 

A foreshortening of "up and at them". An english colliquial (possibly London-based) phrase. Origins probaly extracted from comic or cartoon strip: "Up an at them Atom Ant" (1960's). Now used to rally lovers and friends to face the day and the 'enemy' of repetitive city life, corporate slavery, hang-over mornings, and intended to strike optimism and place energy and intent (with emphasism) into one's colleague.
Mobile text: "Up an at em baby".
Pre-nervous task: "Up an at 'em"
upanatem by Maurice Smith December 22, 2004
"Somebody who is bad at everything they do, who can't, for the life of them, be good at anything — it's a universal slang."
damn he sucks at valorant , he must be an upayan
Upayan by ok re August 4, 2023
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