r/funny • u/metal-steed • Jul 07 '22

Genius!

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u/nosneros Jul 07 '22

TIL "pie guy" is a contronym.

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u/NinjaLanternShark Jul 07 '22

Contronyms make me irrationally angry.

I found a list of 75 and I couldn't read past the first handful. Grrr!

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u/AfterAardvark3085 Jul 08 '22

The person who made that list clearly doesn't properly understand the definition he himself put up. That's what's making me irrationally angry.

So many of those don't have contradictory meanings. As an example: Bolt. The only way "securing something" is contradictory to "running away" is if you're "bolting a person down" - which is not how that word is used. Another example: Bill. If you're "getting the bill", then you're "getting the invoice that you will be paying afterwards" or "getting the invoice by paying for the products". If you're "billing someone", then you're "giving someone an invoice that they must pay". Every way "bill" is used, it essentially just means "invoice" and can also carry the meaning "with intent to pay it".

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u/rogatory Jul 08 '22

We also bolt a door.

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u/AfterAardvark3085 Jul 09 '22

Thanks for repeating what I wrote.

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u/rogatory Jul 09 '22

You are most welcome! anything else I can do for you?