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Re:Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets by derefr on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @05:43PM (#10846688)
You don't need to throw out a word just because it's become an autoantonym[1]; many words are. To cleave; to hew; to screen; etc.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-antonym

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Re:Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets by pklausler on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @06:13PM (#10846904)
My favorite: "oversight".
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