| Do you use "hi" as "bye" sometimes? (contronym): 2023-08-13 13:00:44 |
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What I mean is if you use it as a contronym. A contronym is a word having two meanings that contradict one another.
If a woman says to her rapist in court: "I love you, you know that?" She's using the verb "love" as a contronym, whereby she means "I hate you, you know that?". The context of this contronym is external-wise.
Another example of a contronym is when a slave says to his master: "I want slavery." He means the exact opposite of slavery. It's a soft way of saying "I want freedom."
It's possible to make new contronyms with the context "external-wise." If I lived in North Korea, then I would say "I love Kim (external-wise)", and they wouldn't be able to figure out what I'm saying.
Edited 8/13/2023 13:06:36
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| Do you use "hi" as "bye" sometimes? (contronym): 2023-08-13 13:50:36 |
Foxtrot
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shhh... Keep it secret from the English Teachers
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| Do you use "hi" as "bye" sometimes? (contronym): 2023-08-13 14:47:56 |
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Hi, Rento. Seems like you remember the profile picture.
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| Do you use "hi" as "bye" sometimes? (contronym): 2023-08-13 18:18:31 |
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I thought your picture looked familiar, can’t remember which of your many accounts you used it on.
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| Do you use "hi" as "bye" sometimes? (contronym): 2023-08-14 18:31:24 |
Darth Grover
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No
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| Do you use "hi" as "bye" sometimes? (contronym): 2023-08-14 20:32:10 |
RageRoyale
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no i dont say that
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| Do you use "hi" as "bye" sometimes? (contronym): 2023-08-16 12:50:31 |
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What do you think about this? Someone with cancer says: "I want to have cancer."
He means with "cancer", the cure for cancer. This is possible. This is a beautiful contronym. A new contronym.
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| Do you use "hi" as "bye" sometimes? (contronym): 2023-08-16 13:09:23 |
Tac(ky)tical
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gross, and I mean that very unsarcastically
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| Do you use "hi" as "bye" sometimes? (contronym): 2023-08-16 13:41:56 |
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Imagine someone without cancer saying: "I want to have cancer."
Maybe then you'll feel it as a contronym.
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| Do you use "hi" as "bye" sometimes? (contronym): 2023-08-17 15:09:04 |
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Said the leader of CORP. You think I'm going to take you seriously?
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| Do you use "hi" as "bye" sometimes? (contronym): 2023-08-17 15:21:51 |
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"I think the writer of this post is a dumbass. But I mean that entirely literally."
You're smart.
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| Do you use "hi" as "bye" sometimes? (contronym): 2023-08-18 01:17:42 |
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agree with dry.
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| Do you use "hi" as "bye" sometimes? (contronym): 2023-08-18 10:53:50 |
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I see what you did there
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| Do you use "hi" as "bye" sometimes? (contronym): 2023-08-20 11:31:50 |
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Using new contronyms is handy against oppressors.
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