bramblewing:

yen-sama:

mrs-transmuter:

operativesurprise:

rubes-dragon:

whimmy-bam:

diva-gonzo:

dumbass-oikawa:

conservative-libertarian:

221books:

fuckyourwritinghabits:

cornflakepizza:

winchesterbr0s:

hesmybrother-hesadopted:

czarnoksieznik:

beesmygod:

“chuffed doesnt mean what you think it means”

it means exactly what i think it means its just some stupid word that literally has two definitions that mean the opposite thing

what the hell

This makes me really chuffed

This post is quite egregious

Well I’m nonplussed by this whole post.

goddamnit.

all of you go to hell

And you wonder why i am boggled at times

These are called contronyms! A word that is its own opposite.

Why the fuck do these exist

One theory is that the sarcastic use of the word became exceedingly prevalent and because another dictionary definition. 

Are you telling me that we were such sarcastic shits it literally changed our language.

Literally is another example now.

usages of words flip their meanings all the time! that’s why it’s important to check out things like the Oxford English Dictionary for the history of word usage and definition. for example, the word “nice” used to be used to describe someone who was considered a fool or stupid, but now we use it as a legitimate compliment, and linguists have no clue why the definition changed by pulling a complete 180.

english isn’t the only language that does this, it’s a universal thing as language evolves.

that’s linguistics, baby!