@sc_griffith

i mean technically yeah, workers are entitled to benefits in return for the fruits of their labors, but lately when people say “entitled” they mean “with a greedy and unjustified sense of entitlement” i.e. “not entitled”

it’s a shame, but also amusing, when a word becomes its own antonym

#linguistics #autoantonym #contranym #contronym #antagonym

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auto-antonym

Auto-antonym - Wikipedia

„Ein Männlein steht im Walde / ganz still und stumm, / wenn ich es nicht umfahre, / dann fahre ich es um.“ (Robert Gernhardt)
#Antagonym #Januswort