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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Words that are their own antonym #1311 04/13/00 05:27 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 19 Orange County Calif. P patatty stranger patatty stranger P Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 19 Orange County Calif. Cheer up, sholmes: you can still use your favorite "cleave" as a shining example of a contranym. tsuwm correctly stated that the word is not enantiodromic, not having gone through the procedure. However, it is still a legitimate and worthwhile contranym, antagonym or Janus Word (kudos to my friend Richard Lederer). Patatty Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Words that are their own antonym Tergiversator 04/09/00 07:13 AM Re: Words that are their own antonym cormicanshack 04/09/00 10:46 AM Re: Words that are their own antonym Philip Davis 04/12/00 02:31 AM Re: Words that are their own antonym AnnaStrophic 04/09/00 12:02 PM Re: Words that are their own antonym tsuwm 04/09/00 06:40 PM Re: Words that are their own antonym tsuwm 04/09/00 06:47 PM Re: Words that are their own antonym jmh 04/11/00 06:06 AM Re: Words that are their own antonym sholmes 04/12/00 01:38 PM Re: Words that are their own antonym tsuwm 04/12/00 02:32 PM Re: Words that are their own antonym averyl 09/29/00 10:47 AM Re: Words that are their own antonym maverick 09/29/00 11:37 AM Re: Words that are their own antonym maverick 09/29/00 11:40 AM Re: Words that are their own antonym patatty 04/13/00 05:27 PM Re: Words that are their own antonym tsuwm 04/13/00 06:09 PM Re: Words that are their own antonym patatty 04/14/00 09:33 PM Re: Words that are their own antonym tsuwm 04/12/00 07:09 PM Re: Words that are their own antonym wsieber 04/11/00 06:33 AM Re: Words that are their own antonym shanks 04/20/00 10:17 AM Re: Words that are their own antonym Tergiversator 04/22/00 09:11 AM Re: Words that are their own antonym patatty 04/24/00 03:44 PM Re: Words that are their own antonym tsuwm 08/23/00 05:10 AM Max Quordlepleen 08/23/00 06:27 AM Max Quordlepleen 08/23/00 07:14 AM Re: Words that are their own antonym tsuwm 08/23/00 04:09 PM Re: Words that are their own antonym tsuwm 09/29/00 02:35 AM Re: Words that are their own antonym jmh 09/29/00 08:03 AM Re: Words that are their own antonym Bingley 09/29/00 09:23 AM Re: Words that are their own antonym RhubarbCommando 10/04/00 11:13 AM Re: Words that are their own antonym belMarduk 10/04/00 03:27 PM Re: Words that are their own antonym jmh 10/04/00 03:58 PM Re: Words that are their own antonym maverick 10/04/00 04:10 PM Re: Words that are their own antonym tsuwm 10/04/00 04:26 PM Re: go figure belMarduk 10/04/00 05:08 PM Re: Words that are their own antonym tsuwm 10/04/00 04:16 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,334 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 729 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 33 A C Bowden 17 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,543 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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