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The word with the most meanings in the English language is "run" with over 645 definitions. Plus, people make up new words. That dirty rat Shakespeare made up
by FrontierPsych 4y ago
The word with the most meanings in the English language is "run" with over 645 definitions.
Plus, people make up new words. That dirty rat Shakespeare made up the most words up out of whole cloth at about 1,700. Whole cloth.
Cool means hot, and cool means cold. Cleave means separate, and cleave means join together.
Man can mean woman and woman mean man. Dog means cat and cat means dog, top means bottom and bottom means top.
When I hire someone, I tell them that they will get paid $125,000 per year, but then I pay them $14,000 per year, because to me, $125,000 means $14,000.
Get with the program, people. Words can mean anything and change at any time.
Go ahead, make up your own, right now.
You should see all the brand new personal gender pronouns, now that's a real kick in the head.