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BelMarduk posts:
>I'm interested in words that have changed over the years to mean the opposite of the original meaning. A very common example is the word >bad<. Which can now mean really good.
>I've also found that the word >fussy< was used differently in the forties. When they said "I'm not fussy about oatmeal" (found in Who Has Seen the Wind - W.O. Mitchell) it meant the person did not like oatmeal. If I said the same thing today it would mean I don't mind oatmeal.
I have had a problem with misinterpreting this word. I have, on occasion, given my father (now 82) food which he said he was "not fussy about" thinking that he thought it was OK to eat but not his favourite when he really meant that he disliked it.
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