# Do "autoantonyms" unsettle you?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 6, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-autoantonyms-unsettle-you/363364 "2006-07-06T14:21:16Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 14, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-autoantonyms-unsettle-you/363364/41 "2006-07-14T16:22:36Z")

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> [@hawthorne](#):
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> It’s suggested above that it was coined for illiterates.

[QUOTE=Skald the Rhymer]  
No reason it can’t be both! 😉  
[/QUOTE]

Absolutely. After all, we’ve seen that an illiterate man can definitely be The Decider.

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