Ever heard of autoantonyms?
By oxyde_gyabo
@oxyde_gyabo (701)
Philippines
April 24, 2011 11:18am CST
These are words that have different meanings that contradicts. They are also called Janus words, from the two-faced Greek myth figure. I only know a few, Is there anyone who can share some plus a sample sentence. It's just for fun, nothing serious.
Some of these I know are: wind up, rent and overlook.
Sample sentences:
I wind up from scratches into a successful proprietor.
I wind up here in the desert after my plane crash.
He rented the cheapest warehouse.
She rented him my car for a hundred bucks an hour.
I think I overlooked your name, let me check again.
Don't cheat, the teacher overlooks you from behind.
Sorry for the weird sentences, it's kind of hard making one up out of nowhere.
1 response
@oxyde_gyabo (701)
• Philippines
24 Apr 11
No problem ^_^
It's nice to share out random knowledges once in a while. It's good for the brains too, even though the information is substantially not useful at all, lol.