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Chris -- 2018-04-11
I know we discussed these things recently, where Kem was asking for examples of de-nominal verbs which mean applying vs. removing the noun, but I’m not finding that discussion easily. Anyway, “contronyms” are discussed here ; they are words that are their own antonyms, like dust which can mean to apply a powder or to remove dust (or another powder).
Last edited by DavidTuggy (2021-12-10 14:02:31)
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The earlier discussion is here: http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/forum/view … hp?id=7260
“Stone” and “seed” would fit in nicely with that discussion—are we adding or removing stones and seeds.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
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