Word Choice – Indicating Position or Side Above and Below with Proper Phrases

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Gracious English heroes, help me!

For the left and right side, there are phrases likes, "left-hand side" or "right-hand side" which are very common.
And for front and back, there are phrases "frontside" and "backside".

However, to indicate above and below side, I can't find what to use because there are so many words indicate that.

e.g.
topside, upper side, upside, overside or,
bottom side, downside, lower side, underside

I'm not having any idea about what to choose and just panicked. What is the most commonly used words to indicate above and below?

For example:

"What is that on the upper side of you?"

Best Answer

"Upper side" would be possible, with "topside" used in some contexts (for example on the upper decks of ships)

But in the actual example you give, people don't have a "side" over their head. So you would say

What is that above you?

or

What is that on your head?

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