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Words with strangely negative connotations

  • 09-11-2011 11:15AM
    #1
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 36,275 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Wench - a bubbly country girl, nothing insulting about it but seems to be used/understood synonymously with 'bitch' or 'harridan'

    Relic - a highly sought after religious memoir but more often used in a derogatory sense to describe useless old crap


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  • #2
    deman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,672 ✭✭✭deman


    Awful - Full of awe. Somehow, through the years, it become the exact opposite of its original meaning and replaced with the word Awesome. :confused:


  • #3
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,279 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    "Allege" - I might be wrong, but I'm not sure it always means an accusation?


  • #4
    du Maurier
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭du Maurier


    Statuesque - tall, dignified, imposing majestic.
    But sporting commentators usually perceive it as a player not reacting quick enough to the ball.


  • #5
    Permabear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39,019 ✭✭✭✭Permabear


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