Deykun@kbin.social to Linguistics@kbin.social · 1 year ago

How can a word be its own opposite?

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How can a word be its own opposite?

Deykun@kbin.social to Linguistics@kbin.social · 1 year ago

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09j0h8z/qi-series-o-7-opposites?seriesId=b00ttsl6

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A source: https://twitter.com/qikipedia/status/1712857499995357472
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tacosanonymous@lemm.ee
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1 year ago
Are we talking about, “inflammable?”
- HeartyBeast@kbin.social
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  1 year ago
  Non-flammable. sadly
HeartyBeast@kbin.social
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Slightly archaic - but ‘cleave’ also fits the biil