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Welcome to the A to Z English Podcast. My name is Jack, and I'm here with my co -host, Xochitl.
And today we are talking about contronyms. And Xochitl, do you know what a contronym is?
I do, Jack. I actually had never heard this word Jack told me just before the podcast. But as soon as he gave me examples, I knew exactly what he was talking about.
So it's kind of when we use a word that would typically have another meaning, sometimes a negative meaning in a positive way so a good example of this would be something like dope where um we it usually would mean stupid but we use it as a way to say cool um in american slang right uh like the um snow white and the seven dwarves the uh the disney movie and is uh has a character called dopey and dopey is stupid and so i think maybe the word dope maybe it's older than that but uh it is i'm sure but yeah it's you call someone a dope i mean you're calling them stupid but that's the literal meaning
but uh yeah if you said hey that uh that shirt is dope um what does that mean exactly it means the shirt is cool yeah if they they like your shirt.
Yeah. Yeah. So, um, how about, uh, I got a couple more here.
We'll, we'll share with our students.
How about crazy? Cause everybody knows crazy means mentally unstable, but, um, can you think of like a, the way we could use it in a positive way?
Yeah. Like, um, that party was crazy.
It literally means that party was like so much fun and so wild and like out of this world, but in a positive way.
Yeah. I've seen some like, you know, NBA final games like basketball, you know, in America, you know, and we would say, oh, that game was crazy.
You know, like the one team went ahead, then the next team went ahead, then the next team went ahead.
You know, like it was like that game was crazy and it just means really, yeah, fun and amazing.
What makes for a great vacation depends on who you ask.
Are you looking to get away or bring everyone together?
Do you want to get outside and play or see a play at the plate?
Fortunately, however you operate, I'm the destination you've been looking for.
The name's Missouri, but you can call me Mo, and I have just one question.
What's your MO? Come see me at visitmo .com.
This podcast is supported by Talkspace.
When my husband came home from his military deployment, readjusting was hard for all of us.
Thankfully, I found Talkspace.
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It was so easy to set up, and they accept TRICARE.
Therapy was going so well, my husband and I started seeing a couples therapist through Talkspace, too.
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Match with a licensed therapist today at Talkspace .com slash military.
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wild yeah um what about uh wicked wicked wicked is interesting i think it's still used but i think it was more popular like in the 90s when i was this is like what i would use you just you're like you're old oh no wicked is like uh that's wicked cool like i don't know how else to help me out it's very boston kind of a thing actually like uh or yeah or massachusetts kind of um wicked fun wicked wicked cool wick uh in the midwest we used to use it of course the literal meaning means evil right you know the wicked stepmother she's she's evil um but we would say something like um if we saw like a lamborghini
like a really nice car you say oh Oh, that's wicked.
Yes, yes. Yeah, definitely.
Yeah. Yeah. Go ahead.
Dope, crazy, and wicked.
Those are the three for today.
Our three contronyms. If you would like to hear more contronym students or you have any questions about the ones that we've told you or anything to add about maybe how contronyms are used in your original language or if they are used, make sure to leave us a comment down below at a to z English podcast dot com.
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Therapy was going so well, my husband and I started seeing a couples therapist through Talkspace too.
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Match with a licensed therapist today at Talkspace .com slash military.
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