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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.
🇬🇧 Why are some Londoners also called Cockneys?
🧔🏼♂️ Are sideburns really named after a man called Burnside?
🍔 Why did Robin Mahfood have the worst possible job?
These questions answered and many more in another Words Unravelled!
🎥 WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/Lwj_xBTNJ4I
👕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
🇬🇧 Why are some Londoners also called Cockneys?
🧔🏼♂️ Are sideburns really named after a man called Burnside?
🍔 Why did Robin Mahfood have the worst possible job?
These questions answered and many more in another Words Unravelled!
🎥 WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/Lwj_xBTNJ4I
👕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
30 episódios
MP3•Home de episódios
Manage episode 432918165 series 3564515
Conteúdo fornecido por Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris. Todo o conteúdo do podcast, incluindo episódios, gráficos e descrições de podcast, é carregado e fornecido diretamente por Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris ou por seu parceiro de plataforma de podcast. Se você acredita que alguém está usando seu trabalho protegido por direitos autorais sem sua permissão, siga o processo descrito aqui https://pt.player.fm/legal.
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.
🇬🇧 Why are some Londoners also called Cockneys?
🧔🏼♂️ Are sideburns really named after a man called Burnside?
🍔 Why did Robin Mahfood have the worst possible job?
These questions answered and many more in another Words Unravelled!
🎥 WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/Lwj_xBTNJ4I
👕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
🇬🇧 Why are some Londoners also called Cockneys?
🧔🏼♂️ Are sideburns really named after a man called Burnside?
🍔 Why did Robin Mahfood have the worst possible job?
These questions answered and many more in another Words Unravelled!
🎥 WATCH THIS EPISODE: https://youtu.be/Lwj_xBTNJ4I
👕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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