WesDym on Nostr: A CONTRONYM or JANUS WORD is a word with at least two contradictory definitions. ...
A CONTRONYM or JANUS WORD is a word with at least two contradictory definitions. Examples include SANCTION (approve, boycott), CLEAVE (separate, join), SCAN (peruse, glance), SCREEN (show, hide), SANGUINE (cheerful, vicious), and more. Some are homographs: different words that look alike. Some are the same word taking different paths. Some are words changing meaning over time. And some are just common misuse.
Published at
2024-01-24 15:59:36Event JSON
{
"id": "f20340b60a14f34e14f919701ea7da2e99e1ac05e5b891ddf981f7a98d5463c4",
"pubkey": "b5f8c60277ec3691359f9694c169a6efee5f5a423ff8be96c915f9e7169bab71",
"created_at": 1706111976,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.social/users/wesdym/statuses/111811754518996717",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "A CONTRONYM or JANUS WORD is a word with at least two contradictory definitions. Examples include SANCTION (approve, boycott), CLEAVE (separate, join), SCAN (peruse, glance), SCREEN (show, hide), SANGUINE (cheerful, vicious), and more. Some are homographs: different words that look alike. Some are the same word taking different paths. Some are words changing meaning over time. And some are just common misuse.",
"sig": "5701f2562dd0358c0b08e9056ba41cea6f4d6b5276d078bb84fdb66ecd909ccd069688a44dc46c599776a4599592fc18304a1ebb528584cf544de43a850d421c"
}
