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Given that in English people say “I couldn’t care less”, seeing the complete opposite is somewhat weird.
by chgs 2y ago
Given that in English people say “I couldn’t care less”, seeing the complete opposite is somewhat weird.
- daseiner1 2y agoalso see: the definition of moot, e.g. “moot point”.
- Retric 2y agoSure, but there’s quite a bit of this stuff. Contronyms will often allow identical phrases with opposite meanings. Left can mean to leave or to remain. Dust can mean to add a fine power to something or to remove it by dusting. Sanction, Bolt, etc there’s quite a few words that mean the opposite or something close to it. Words with opposite meanings can end up converging. ‘That’s cool’ and ‘that’s hot’ sometimes have the exact same meaning depending on context.
- asdfasvea 2y agoTry as we have, we just couldn't stop 'literally' from turning into a synonym for 'figuratively'.