jayt@ssc-vax.UUCP (Jay T McCanta) (05/07/85)
How about words which are antonyms of themselves? I know of one, but
there may be others. Just in case there aren't, I'll wait to post my
answer.
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Kent, Wa. My employer may not want to share in claiming.
{uw-beaver|adiron|cesonix|argus|purdue}!ssc-vax!jaytjs2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag) (05/07/85)
> How about words which are antonyms of themselves? I know of one, but > there may be others. Just in case there aren't, I'll wait to post my > answer. > Jay T. McCanta Do you mean words like 'monosyllabic'? -- Jeff Sonntag ihnp4!mhuxt!js2j "A plot to takeover CBS was pushed today by some narrow-minded, manip- ulative, right-wing, flaky conservatives who think their weirdo views aren't being handled fairly by our more liberal and intelligent news staff!"
evan@petfe.UUCP (Evan Marcus) (05/08/85)
The only word that is an opposite of itself that I know of is 'cleave',
meaning both to cut and to join together. I know there are others,
but I'll leave them to those wiser than myself.
--Evan Marcus
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kinds, and those who don't.jayt@ssc-vax.UUCP (Jay T McCanta) (05/08/85)
> The only word that is an opposite of itself that I know of is 'cleave', > meaning both to cut and to join together. I know there are others, > but I'll leave them to those wiser than myself. > that is the word that I was thinking of. any others? ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proper way to eat potato chips is with a knife and fork ... ... a fish knife and an oyster fork. Miss Manners ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jay T. McCanta Boeing Aerospace These ideas are mine and I claim them. Kent, Wa. My employer may not want to share in claiming. {uw-beaver|adiron|cesonix|argus|purdue}!ssc-vax!jayt
gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>) (05/08/85)
> The only word that is an opposite of itself that I know of is 'cleave',
How about "nonselfdescriptive"?ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (05/09/85)
> The only word that is an opposite of itself that I know of is 'cleave', > meaning both to cut and to join together. I know there are others, > but I'll leave them to those wiser than myself. > I always wonder about words such as pitted, shelled, and seeded. -Ron
adm@cbneb.UUCP (05/09/85)
How about homonyms like raise and raze (as in raise(raze) a building)? > There are two kinds of people in the world, those who divide people into two > kinds, and those who don't. > /* ---------- */ There is one kind of person in this world, those who make dichotomies and those who don't.
jagardner@watmath.UUCP (Jim Gardner) (05/09/85)
[...] The word "trim" is also its own opposite in certain instances. When you trim a tree, you cut things off; but when you trim a Christmas tree, you put things on. Jim Gardner, University of Waterloo
beth@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP (beth d. christy) (05/10/85)
>[From: js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag), Message-ID: <831@mhuxt.UUCP>] > >> How about words which are antonyms of themselves? I know of one, but >> there may be others. Just in case there aren't, I'll wait to post my >> answer. >> Jay T. McCanta > > Do you mean words like 'monosyllabic'? >-- >Jeff Sonntag I think he means words like "cleave": 1 ) to adhere closely; stick; cling \ 2.4) to part or split, esp. along a > The Random House College a natural line of division / Dictionary, Revised Edition --JB "The giant is awake."
ccs020@ucdavis.UUCP (Kevin Chu) (05/10/85)
> > The only word that is an opposite of itself that I know of is 'cleave', > > How about "nonselfdescriptive"? How about "meaningless"?
pmontgom@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Peter Montgomery) (05/11/85)
How about "The alarm went off".
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