Upholdering

Wiki and the dictionaries reckon that “the word ‘upholstery’ comes from the Middle English word upholder, which referred to a tradesman who held up his goods.”

At the markets? After he had finished them? Was his name Forrest Gump?

Suspiciously the dictionaries say that the word ‘holster’ comes from the Proto-Germanic ‘hulfti’ meaning “cover, case, sheath.”

I’d say that I’ve found an etymological fuck up.

And since there’s no word for that, let me make one up … upwordering.