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tonyb | 21:47 Wed 14th Feb 2001 | Phrases & Sayings
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Which words have completely reversed their original meaning?
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Reader's Digest Fact and Fallacies has a whole list of these: some examples are girl, which used to mean any young person, male or female and upset, which used to mean to set up something and now means quite the opposite.
Insult and injury have changed their everyday uses. To injure someone is to defame thier name,whereas in insult someone is to cause them physical harm.
'Bad' in the US now means excellent
The best example I can think of is "wicked"
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