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Just realized workaround is a phonetic auto-antonym

workaround - a shortcut to avoid work

work a round - to do a round of work

Auto-antonyms are my new favorite thing :)

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@freemo

> Auto-antonyms are my new favorite thing :)

"cleave" is my long-time favorite autoantonym:

> Cleave
> 1. to adhere closely; stick; cling
> 2. to split or divide by or as if by a cutting blow

@codesections @freemo *writes them down to use as two way function names in mercury*

@codesections @freemo

I prefer "resign" because it can actually be ambiguous in sentences, while "cleave" can be disambiguated by the presence or absence of a direct object. Suppose you see a headline "Star Player Resigns" - it can mean either that he quit (ri-ZINE) or that he signed a contract extension to continue playing (REE-sine).

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