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olly #173430 02/11/08 04:31 AM
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yes, I voted for enantiodrome, because I think that's the one that relates to a word changing from one sense into its opposite (or nearly so), as opposed to two unique words, spelled the same, with opposing meanings such as cleave.

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enantiodrome,
It looks like meaning a stadium for a sport that still has to be invented.

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I went with contranym because it looks a little like what it means; see BranShea's observation re enantiodrome. I really like Nunc's autoantonym but I might spell it without the first O.

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Originally Posted By: Faldage
I really like Nunc's autoantonym but I might spell it without the first O.


looks kinda kiwi-like at that.


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Yeah, if I'd've coined it, it would've been autantonym , too, but it was merely something I found in an online thesaurus.


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
olly #173459 02/12/08 02:22 AM
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Thanks, olly.
I think s'zmj suggestion should go into the poll as well. Well--tsuwm was the one who wanted a poll, plus really I was experimenting. People can post if they like his word best.

I guess I should say that if somebody wants to start a poll, give me a holler; but I reserve the right not to comply if I don't want to.

Jackie #173531 02/13/08 07:32 PM
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Yes, it works, Jackie. This opens a total new universum!
You can go polling along from thread to thread.
(after you've found out if you can make two identical threads merge)

I chose contranym, bcause I like the shortest one that makes any sense. But I like Janus words even better and would miss the two faced man.

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Originally Posted By: BranShea
enantiodrome,
It looks like meaning a stadium for a sport that still has to be invented.


Still to be invented?. Silly. It's a stadium in which one plays enantiaball. I thought everybody knew that.

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Excuse nitpick Sparteye. It's enantiO.
Enantio-ball?
Play or have a ball?

ENANTIO
Has synonym names Lambrusca Nostrano and Lambrusca a Folglia Frastagliata. Reported as grown in the Trentino region of Italy where it is used to make a full-bodied, fruity red wine.



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Lambrusca Nostrano and Lambrusca a Folglia Frastagliata

Lambrusco?


Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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