Posts Tagged ‘Wordplay

Contranyms

In: Buried Treasure

13 Jun 2008

Contranyms are so bad. By bad, I mean good.

Have you ever noticed that: When you nail a point, it’s the same as when you hit the nail on the head? Both imply precision, even though nailing a picture to the wall is much different than squarely hitting a nail once. Congrats on not hitting your thumb, I guess. Then you can hammer something. [...]


What is a Wavedash?

1) A technique in Super Smash Bros. Melee that lets you move quickly without changing direction.

2) A blog about online communities and the grassroots engines that power them.

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