Isn't it confusing...
Today I was having a conversation in which someone's manner was described as simultaneously "blunt and pointed"...
Which made me think of other strange features of our lovely language. Have you realized that cleave can mean both to separate and to join? Clip is the same way. Or how about raise and raze - when spoken, one never knows if buildings are going up or down.
I could totally start on my sweetbreads/meats tangent again, but...
Instead, I'll just furnish you with a link for some further uncommon words.
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