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In English, it has to be any of the Contronyms. We have so many, and it really makes it hard for newer speakers to understand some things.
You dust a cake by adding powder, you dust a table by removing powder.
You seed a field by adding seeds, you seed a fruit by removing the seeds.46 1 ReplyShelled and unshelled both also mean unshelled and shelled, respectively
3 0 ReplyCleave is my personal favorite
14 0 ReplyAlmost as good as Greater Cleave
9 1 ReplyI hear that when a greater cleave consumes enough souls it becomes a Cleave Lord.
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Seeded is, indeed, the most worthless of adjectives.
9 0 ReplySeeded is, indeed, the most worthless of adjectives.
... until someone uses 'literally' as an adjective; and in that moment you are enlightened.
4 0 ReplyMy poppy seed bagel has entered the chat...
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