Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login"

Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by JadeNB on Monday May 27, 2024 @09:17PM (#40496445)

Something can be held fast, but I don't think it is usual English to say that something fixed is fast.

Garnishment of wages is garnisheeing, though here I'll agree "garnishing" seems to be acceptable too.

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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by rout39574 on Monday May 27, 2024 @09:44PM (#40496590)

Something "made fast" is perfectly reasonable usage for tying it in place.

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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by Riseed on Monday May 27, 2024 @10:16PM (#40496754)

Yep. And something "made fast" is also perfectly reasonable usage for vastly upgrading its speed. "Fast" can absolutely be a contronym.

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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by wolfram74 on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @09:17AM (#40500455)

I think two-word contranyms are more concrete, like "fight together".

Oversight is a less ambiguous example of a single-word contranym.

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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by benwills on Monday May 27, 2024 @09:49PM (#40496613)

I've heard "fast" as a contranym to "moving quickly," referenced as "to fast" or "fasting." ie: not eating at all.

Edited to add: Sticking with the context of food, "fasting from food" contradicts someone being a "fast eater."

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Re:Instead of "auth", we should say "permissions" and "login" by riehwvfbk on Tuesday May 28, 2024 @09:09AM (#40500397)

"Fasten your seatbelt" doesn't usually mean "twirl it wildly above your head".

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