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  1. 2nd June 2007, 01:44 PM #61
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    Quote Originally Posted by joe greiner View Post
    One of the stranger phenomena is a word with two opposite meanings. One that comes readily to mind is "citation." Can mean either a laudatory document or a traffic ticket. Similar with "sanction:" both approval and disapproval.

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    How about cleave? It can mean either stick together or split apart.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AlexS View Post
    How about cleave? It can mean either stick together or split apart.
    That's the other one I was trying to remember. Probably lots more.

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