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   From: rh@rudhar.com   
      
   Sat, 5 Oct 2024 20:39:19 +0200: Bertel Lund Hansen   
    scribeva:   
      
   >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.   
      
   Goed 100, een goede 100 mensen. In Dutch too.   
      
   >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.   
      
   Krap 10 (Dutch), knapp 10 (German).   
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