man-flu is the flu that only men get.
if you're male then it's an extra bad case of the flu, worse than normal flu.if you're female then it means a cold with exaggerated symptoms.
― koogs, Thursday, 5 August 2010 16:47 (thirteen years ago) link
???
― Tuomas, Thursday, 5 August 2010 20:47 (thirteen years ago) link
man-flu not a universal concept then. http://www.manflu.info/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_flu
anyway, look, up there, 'carbuncle'.
― koogs, Thursday, 5 August 2010 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
go on...
― ledge, Thursday, 5 August 2010 22:36 (thirteen years ago) link
ah i guess you mean an abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin, vs. a deep-red cabochon cut gemstone usually garnet, specifically almandine.
― ledge, Thursday, 5 August 2010 22:37 (thirteen years ago) link
Thought it might be the shorthand name for an intercontinental derby between Manchester United and Fluminense.
― flintstones in my passway (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 5 August 2010 22:54 (thirteen years ago) link
prince charles famously called some extension or other a carbuncle on the face of an old friend. meaning an ugly thing. cf gemstone, a thing generally prized for its beauty.
― koogs, Friday, 6 August 2010 07:15 (thirteen years ago) link
some extension or other
http://www.ribapix.com/image.php?i=17036&r=2&t=4&x=1
― ledge, Friday, 6 August 2010 08:32 (thirteen years ago) link
(national gallery) (london) (uk)
That'd be an Art Carbuncle then.
― Chaim Poutine (NickB), Friday, 6 August 2010 08:43 (thirteen years ago) link
you're here all week i trust
― ledge, Friday, 6 August 2010 08:46 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm sorry! Speaking of which, what about 'gag'?
― Chaim Poutine (NickB), Friday, 6 August 2010 09:05 (thirteen years ago) link
moot
― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Friday, 6 August 2010 09:33 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah moot works i think
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Friday, 6 August 2010 09:33 (thirteen years ago) link
kick
― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Friday, 6 August 2010 09:36 (thirteen years ago) link
secure
― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Friday, 6 August 2010 09:46 (thirteen years ago) link
terminator
― "It's far from 'loi' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Friday, 6 August 2010 09:56 (thirteen years ago) link
pious
― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Friday, 6 August 2010 09:57 (thirteen years ago) link
"moot" is perfect
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Friday, 6 August 2010 10:15 (thirteen years ago) link
suspicious?
maybe not self-contradictory but consider:
those men look suspicious.
vs.
i'm suspicious of those men.
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:21 (thirteen years ago) link
i was coming here to suggest that one!
along with perennial favourite 'curious'
― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Update!
― Mark G, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
SUBMIT
― acoleuthic, Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:23 (thirteen years ago) link
"Drift" as targeted deliberate movement, being formerly part of the verb "drive", vs "drift" i.e. meander aimlessly
(having crossed over via magic quantum superposition e.g. snowdrifts and drifting at sea where you're meandering because something else is driving you)
admittedly I'm struggling to think of a particularly convincing surviving example of the former - OED says "(do you get my) drift" = "what I am driving at", but for me that also works as a sarcastic suggestion that you are leaving it as a gentle undercurrent for the more astute listener, rather than actively shoving in that direction
I have been incoherent here and will be zung if anyone can be bothered, must be hometime
― vampire headphase (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
"Trailer" = something that comes before (eg a film) or after (eg a car)
― bham, Thursday, 2 September 2010 14:42 (thirteen years ago) link
suspicious?maybe not self-contradictory but consider:those men look suspicious.vs.i'm suspicious of those men.― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:21 (Yesterday)
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 1 September 2010 15:21 (Yesterday)
― I.C.P. Freely (bernard snowy), Thursday, 2 September 2010 14:58 (thirteen years ago) link
I suspect 'those men look suspicious' is actually a misuse of the word that has become so common as to be accepted.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 2 September 2010 15:04 (thirteen years ago) link
Like 'suspicious behaviour' should probably be 'behaviour arousing suspicion'.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Thursday, 2 September 2010 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
cf. sceptical/dubious - "I am sceptical, that is dubious", not "I am dubious".
― ledge, Thursday, 2 September 2010 15:09 (thirteen years ago) link
sus·pi·cious
1 : tending to arouse suspicion : questionable <suspicious characters>2 : disposed to suspect : distrustful <suspicious of strangers>3 : expressing or indicative of suspicion <a suspicious glance>
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 2 September 2010 15:26 (thirteen years ago) link
suspicious "deserving of or exciting suspicion," mid-14c., from O.Fr. suspecious, from L. suspiciosus "exciting suspicion". Meaning "full of or inclined to feel suspicion" is attested from c.1400. Edgar Allan Poe (c.1845) proposed suspectful to take one of the two conflicting senses.
― tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 2 September 2010 15:32 (thirteen years ago) link
overlook!
― Arvo Pärty (Paul in Santa Cruz), Thursday, 2 September 2010 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Specifically:1.a. To look over or at from a higher place.b. To rise above, especially so as to afford a view over: The tower overlooks the sea.
2.a. To fail to notice or consider; miss.b. To ignore deliberately or indulgently; disregard.
3. To look over; examine.
4. To watch over; oversee. See Synonyms at supervise.
― Arvo Pärty (Paul in Santa Cruz), Thursday, 2 September 2010 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link
ay, that's a good one
― shorn_blond.avi (dayo), Thursday, 2 September 2010 23:46 (thirteen years ago) link
behaviour.
― Mark G, Friday, 3 September 2010 08:07 (thirteen years ago) link
graft
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 August 2012 09:21 (eleven years ago) link
dense
"he could not understand the dense text because he was too dense"
― EDB, Monday, 13 August 2012 09:49 (eleven years ago) link
mmmm not buying that one - both mean something like "impenetrable"
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 August 2012 09:52 (eleven years ago) link
the buffalo buffalo etc
― Mark G, Monday, 13 August 2012 09:55 (eleven years ago) link
screen. to show (e.g. a film) & to hide.
― ledge, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 08:22 (eleven years ago) link
good one!
― contenderizer, Wednesday, 22 August 2012 08:24 (eleven years ago) link
patronise. makes me chuckle whenever it's used in the "get cash from" sense.
― give me back my 200 dollars (NotEnough), Wednesday, 22 August 2012 11:12 (eleven years ago) link
literally
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 02:46 (ten years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-antonym
You're talking about the common misuse of "literally" as "not literally", right? I don't think it officially has contradictory meanings?
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 13 August 2013 08:50 (ten years ago) link
let's ask the dictionary tsar
http://img1.etsystatic.com/008/0/8111024/il_570xN.472319187_3qwm.jpg
― click here to start exploding (ledge), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 08:55 (ten years ago) link
No-one's said my favourite one – fuse
― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Tuesday, 13 August 2013 09:54 (ten years ago) link
siren
― conrad, Wednesday, 21 August 2013 06:54 (ten years ago) link
repress
― koogs, Tuesday, 8 April 2014 08:41 (ten years ago) link
was there a brief period in the 60s when "uptight" meant "cool"?
cf the stevie wonder song. why does he say "uptight" there??
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 14 June 2017 19:23 (six years ago) link