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Man Upstairs

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Etymology

From the traditional Biblical notions of a masculine God and a Heaven located above the Earth.

Definitions

  1. God.

    • A rhapsodic inquiry greets us from the TV screen and the radio: "Have you talked to the Man Upstairs?" God is a friendly neighbor who dwells in the apartment just above. Call on him any time, especially if you are feeling a little blue.
    • "Oh, you know, the Man upstairs has been good to this person." I kept on pressing for an explanation. Finally I was told, "Oh, you know, the Man upstairs—He's the One who answers prayer."
    • God can't be found in unsanctified imaginations or in the caricatures of pop culture. He is not The Man Upstairs. He does not "help those who help themselves."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA