Contronym

A word which is defined as both itself and the opposite of itself.

E.G

“Because of their oversight, Russia was sanctioned by NATO”

Can mean that Russia was given approval (sanctioned) by NATO because of their vigilance (oversight)

Or that Russia was punished (sanctioned) by NATO because they egregiously overlooked something (oversight)

Words that can perform or imply two directly contradictory actions are called contronyms

1. I clipped (attached) on a bow tie after I got my hair clipped (detached, cut off) at the barber shop

2. The House Oversight Committee’s role is to perform oversight (strenuous watchdog duties) by ensuring that no oversights (mistakes, errors) are made in the government

3. I screened (blocked) the light from my eyes so I could see the movie that was being screened (shown)

4. I was the latest to rent (buy) the apartment that my landlord had been renting (selling, leasing) for five years now

Contronym by Alex-2598 March 23, 2021

Contronym

Two contradicting words in a sentence that are describing the same noun.

'The well-behaved and disobedient child'

You can't use that, that's a contronym.

Contronym by TinyDinoWithAFish March 30, 2022

contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality 

A word invented by James Joyce and used in his Ulysses. The word may be broken into parts to better understand its meaning:

con-trans-magnific-and-jew-bang-tantiality

The "-tantiality" is just a suffix for "con-" and "trans-". The "con-" refers to consubstantiation, the belief in Catholic theology that the father, the son and the holy spirit are all of the same substance but each presents in a different form. The "-trans-" refers to transubstantiation, the belief in Catholic theology that during communion the bread and wine literally become the body and blood of christ; the mundane is transformed into the divine. These two first parts of the word indicate that the word has to do with the intersection between the divine (god) and the mundane (humanity), or christ. The "magnific" refers to the magnificent, the divine. The "-and-" simply refers to the word "and" and the "-jew-" refers to a Jew, specifically Mary. The "-bang-" is where things get tricky and we see a bit of Joyce's (slightly blasphemous) humour: in one sense, "-bang-" refers to a collision between the divine and Mary (christ). It also refers to sex; Mary is impregnated by the divine and out of this tryst christ is born. Joyce intentionally juxtaposes sexuality and the virgin because he both believes that all human activities are beautiful and deserve to be represented in literature and because, in order for christ to have a human mother and a divine father, he must have blood from both.

You: Contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality.
English Professor: You get an "A," and you don't even have to come to class anymore.

You: Contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality.
Catholic Priest: STOP READING JAMES JOYCE WE NEED TO BURN THAT FILTHY BOOK BEFORE IT POISONS MORE MINDS AND DAMNS MORE SOULS!!!

Hot Girl: What does contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality mean?
You: I better come over and explain it to you. We may even need to act it out...

contransmagnificandjewbangtantiality by Avrilsbestguy October 2, 2011

contranym 

A word whose meaning is contradicted by its own, alternate, meaning.

"Clip; meaning both to attach to and to remove from is a prime example of a contranym"

contranym by Thebestoftimestheworstoftimes September 29, 2013

Chatronym 

Acronyms typically found in chat rooms or instant messenger usage. Some people use these acronyms in normal speach, causing them to look like complete idiots (ie a person SAYING lol in exchange for laughing)

lol: laughing out loud
omg: oh my gosh
stfu: shut the f*ck up

Chatronym by Jason Thomas May 26, 2004

Controngled 

To be in a state of sexual frustration

"He removed his shirt leaving me completely controngled"

"Their body is so controngling"

Controngled by Saltymaster14 March 12, 2017

cuntronomy 

The study of cunt.

Example: "My favorite subject in school is cuntronomy. I love learning about wet pussies!"

cuntronomy by Phazer. November 7, 2017