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Can a word be its own opposite? | CONTRONYMS

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How can "cleave" mean both to separate AND to join together? Find out in this episode about contronyms and all manner of other -onyms! Jess and Rob delve into demonyms, retronyms, allonyms, eponyms, aptonyms and caconyms. They explain what they are and why on earth they all exist.
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Why are some Londoners also called Cockneys?
๐Ÿง”๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ Are sideburns really named after a man called Burnside?
๐Ÿ” Why did Robin Mahfood have the worst possible job?
These questions answered and many more in another Words Unravelled!
๐ŸŽฅ WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/Lwj_xBTNJ4I
๐Ÿ‘•ROB'S MERCH: https://robwords.com/shop
==LINKS==
Rob's YouTube channel: youtube.com/robwords
Jess' Useless Etymology blog: https://uselessetymology.com/
Rob on X: x.com/robwordsyt
Jess on TikTok: tiktok.com/@jesszafarris
#etymology #contronyms #demonyms
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Manage episode 432918165 series 3564515
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How can "cleave" mean both to separate AND to join together? Find out in this episode about contronyms and all manner of other -onyms! Jess and Rob delve into demonyms, retronyms, allonyms, eponyms, aptonyms and caconyms. They explain what they are and why on earth they all exist.
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Why are some Londoners also called Cockneys?
๐Ÿง”๐Ÿผโ€โ™‚๏ธ Are sideburns really named after a man called Burnside?
๐Ÿ” Why did Robin Mahfood have the worst possible job?
These questions answered and many more in another Words Unravelled!
๐ŸŽฅ WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/Lwj_xBTNJ4I
๐Ÿ‘•ROB'S MERCH: https://robwords.com/shop
==LINKS==
Rob's YouTube channel: youtube.com/robwords
Jess' Useless Etymology blog: https://uselessetymology.com/
Rob on X: x.com/robwordsyt
Jess on TikTok: tiktok.com/@jesszafarris
#etymology #contronyms #demonyms
  continue reading

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