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> > It’s illogical for a word to mean two opposite things. Auto-antonyms are actually quite common in English. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-antonym ht
by ghayes 3y ago
> > It’s illogical for a word to mean two opposite things.
Auto-antonyms are actually quite common in English.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-antonym https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-antonym
- jonny_eh 3y agoInteresting. I wonder if the word "presently" could count. It can mean both "soon" or "currently".
- Eisenstein 3y agoMomentarily is similar. Could mean 'for a moment' or 'in a moment'.
- singleshot_ 3y agoThat's an arguable factoid.
- grammarxcore 3y agoOne of my favorites is “nonplussed,” because its evolution into two opposite things is both generational and split across British vs North American English.
- two_handfuls 3y agoParent is still correct about it being illogical though.