Submitted by unitedfan6191 t3_yipjtx in AskReddit
nameisinusetryagain t1_iujw4rt wrote
Amazing
Literally
Bullying
[deleted] t1_iuk3txg wrote
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maveric_gamer t1_iuk86by wrote
This isn't the first time - English as a language likes doing this so much that we have a name for it: the contranym - or the word that is also its own antonym. We're just sarcastic assholes so often that our language does that over time.
[deleted] t1_iuk8qx6 wrote
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unitedfan6191 OP t1_iujxa72 wrote
Amazing?
If someone thinks something’s amazing, isn’t that their right to feel that way? In a subjective context I think it works. That is why I used the word “genius” as an example because that’s more exclusive and specific a word, but I think amazing has many similar meaning words that it can be interchanged with.
Anyway, nice suggestions anyway.
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