Random Word Thought: Economy
Posted by Matt | Filed under Miscellany
“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?
Tags: Language, Philology, Words
Contranyms
Posted by Matt | Filed under Buried Treasure
Contranyms are so bad. By bad, I mean good.
That old saw about hammers and nails
Posted by Matt | Filed under Miscellany, Writing
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. If you [...]
