Contra
Scan is to skim or examine closely.
Scan is to skim or examine closely. Peer is to look in or belong among. Screen is to hide or filter into view. Frame is to shape or accuse. Review is to reconsider or surveil. Hold is to keep or detain. Reserve is restraint or stored excess. Bound is tied or inevitable. Fast is fixed or accelerating. Ground is support or restriction. Temper is to soften or harden. Weather is to endure or be worn down. Pause is interruption or opening. Continue is motion or persistence. Moment is an instant or a turning point. Clip is attachment or removal. Trim is refinement or reduction. Dust is erasure or coating. Seed is beginning or extraction. Skin is covering or exposure. Strike is impact or deletion. Bolt is escape or reinforcement. Cleave is separation or adhesion. Give is offering or collapse. Veil is concealment or consecration. Oversight is vigilance or neglect. Audit is listening or inspection. Authorize is permission or containment. Sanction is approval or punishment. Execute is completion or killing. Resign is surrender or acceptance. Left is what remains or what's gone.
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Brilliant exploration of how language holds tension. The contradictions in these words aren't bugs but features, kinda like how context determines meaning in AI training data. I've always found it wierd how we expect precision from language when its built on these dualities. Most impactful for me was 'resign' as both surrender and accepatance.
Loved this—thank you 💌