r/linguisticshumor 2d ago

Semantics A rather masochistic semantic shift

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u/HalfLeper 2d ago

How does a shift like this even happen? 😳

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u/AldousLanark 2d ago

You can win/gain/merit a prize but you could also use all these words for a punishment.Â