• wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io
    70·
    1 month ago

    My wife and I had a good snicker one time when I brought home edamame peas in the shell.

    They were shelled, but she wanted them shelled.

    Flammable/imflammable is another one that comes to mind.

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
      13·
      1 month ago

      English has many contronyms.

      • Clip: to attach (clip X to Y) or detach (clip coupons)
      • Dust: to remove dust or to add it (dust the cake with icing sugar)
      • Fine: excellent (fine wine) or not great but decent (it’s fine)
      • Left: remaining (I have 5 left) or gone (I had some but they left)
      • Oversight: supervision (he had oversight over the whole process) or lack of supervision (I forgot to do that, it was an oversight)
      • Random Dent@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        And this might just be a UK thing but if a person goes off it means they get really angry. And it can mean to leave for somewhere.

        So a firework goes off which makes the fire alarm go off which makes the safety officer go off. Then he goes off to get a fireman. But he leaves the milk out, so it goes off.