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Originally Posted by Indy
Defining a word as meaning the exact opposite of itself is not evolution. If anything, it's devolution.
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A lot of words end up meaning the opposite of what they originally meant. Sure even look at the word 'queer', it used to be an insult and the gay community took it and turned it on it's head to mean the opposite.
Language is always changing and certain words have vogue moments just as anything does, colloqially speaking, most people don't use literally for it's original meaning so it makes sense that the definition has been altered.