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   From: rundtosset@lundhansen.dk   
      
   Ed Cryer wrote:   
      
   > Is there a technical term for this way that words mutate in meaning?   
   > Do people know other examples?   
   >   
   > Ed   
      
   You can take all the words for psychological problems or lack of   
   intelligence (with a vague definition).   
      
   In Danish the expression "pendulum words" are used about words who get   
   the opposite meaning. I don't know English examples, but a Danish   
   expression is "godt 100" - literally "good 100" - which means a little   
   more than 100. Within the last 20 years it became clear that some Danes   
   thought that it meant a little less than 100. So today one has to be   
   careful when using that expression.   
      
   --   
   Bertel   
   Kolt, Denmark   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)