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A comment on Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of”. Parent comment

Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by ghayes on Saturday May 06, 2023 @03:24AM (#35839048)
> > It’s illogical for a word to mean two opposite things.

Auto-antonyms are actually quite common in English.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-antonym

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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by jonny_eh on Saturday May 06, 2023 @03:27AM (#35839064)
Interesting. I wonder if the word "presently" could count. It can mean both "soon" or "currently".
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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by Eisenstein on Saturday May 06, 2023 @09:10PM (#35846886)
Momentarily is similar. Could mean 'for a moment' or 'in a moment'.
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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by singleshot_ on Saturday May 06, 2023 @10:55AM (#35841955)
That's an arguable factoid.
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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by grammarxcore on Saturday May 06, 2023 @11:48AM (#35842503)
One of my favorites is “nonplussed,” because its evolution into two opposite things is both generational and split across British vs North American English.
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Re:Wikipedia users edits over 90k uses of “comprised of” by two_handfuls on Saturday May 06, 2023 @04:34PM (#35845141)
Parent is still correct about it being illogical though.
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