@sc_griffith

i mean technically yeah, workers are entitled to benefits in return for the fruits of their labors, but lately when people say “entitled” they mean “with a greedy and unjustified sense of entitlement” i.e. “not entitled”

it’s a shame, but also amusing, when a word becomes its own antonym

#linguistics #autoantonym #contranym #contronym #antagonym

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-antonym

Channelling my inner @eumiro, here is a #langtoot with two fun German #contronym⁠s:

The words umfahren (stress on the first syllable) and umfahren (stress on the second syllable) mean to run down and to go around, respectively.

The words abdecken and abdecken (no difference whatsoever) mean to violently remove the shingles from a roof — as in a storm, and to cover something with a tarpaulin — such as a damaged roof, after a storm. They can also, more broadly, mean cover and uncover.

Channelling my inner @eumiro, here is a #langtoot with two fun German #contronym⁠s:

The words umfahren (stress on the first syllable) and umfahren (stress on the second syllable) mean to run down and to go around, respectively.

The words abdecken and abdecken (no difference whatsoever) mean to violently remove the shingles from a roof — as in a storm, and to cover something with a tarpaulin — such as a damaged roof, after a storm. They can also, more broadly, mean cover and uncover.

Channelling my inner @eumiro, here is a #langtoot with two fun German #contronym⁠s:

The words umfahren (stress on the first syllable) and umfahren (stress on the second syllable) mean to run down and to go around, respectively.

The words abdecken and abdecken (no difference whatsoever) mean to violently remove the shingles from a roof — as in a storm, and to cover something with a tarpaulin — such as a damaged roof, after a storm. They can also, more broadly, mean cover and uncover.

Martin Doyle on Twitter: "I’ve always been conscious of a couple of contronyms without knowing the actual term. Turns out there are lots https://t.co/dAbevuE7Mr https://t.co/PfVHId2YwC" / Twitter
https://mobile.twitter.com/MartinDoyleIT/status/1382943073093758976

Via #MichaelBrendanDougherty

#contronym