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Another example: "That's so bad!" meaning "That's awesome!" If I can go on a tangent about poor terms...contranyms will throw people for a loop if they are un
by Nadya 11y ago
Another example:
"That's so bad!" meaning "That's awesome!"
If I can go on a tangent about poor terms...contranyms will throw people for a loop if they are unaware of one of the meanings. Or worse, if the sentence is constructed in a way meant to cause confusion.
"I would be bound for Chicago if I wasn't bound to this chair." [0]
"It is transparent that the transparent man cannot be seen." [1]
"Three people are left after five left." [2]
"If we go back two weeks, when Tom came back, we decided to push the date back three weeks." [3]
[0] I would be moving towards Chicago if I wasn't unable to move from this chair.
[1] It's visible to anyone that the invisible man cannot be seen.
[2] Three people remain after five departed.
[3] If you go into the past two weeks, when Tom returned, we decided then to push the date further by 3 weeks.
I had fun writing those.