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Posts Tagged ‘Words’
Random Word Thought: Economy
In: Miscellany
4 Dec 2008“Economy” means frugal restrained, which has come to mean “cheap.” Economy class. Economy car. Economy-sized. If you’re “economical,” you’re efficient with your money and focused on reducing expenditures. So isn’t the phrase “Consumer Economy” a contradiction?
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- Tags: Language, Philology, Words
Contranyms
In: Buried Treasure
13 Jun 2008Contranyms are so bad. By bad, I mean good.
That old saw about hammers and nails
In: Miscellany|Writing
21 May 2008Have 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. [...]
