# Double meaning **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 9, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144 "2017-08-09T01:23:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/21 "2017-08-11T02:13:01Z")
Fair fair Punish the granting of approval It’s a common example of a word that has two opposite meanings. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/22 "2017-08-11T03:51:08Z")
sanction sanction Pack up after holding a stop-work meeting ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2017, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/23 "2017-08-16T19:28:23Z")
Well, no hint from Aspidistra. All I can think of is ‘strike strike.’ To get this one going again I’ll add: Chrome a charger ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/24 "2017-09-17T14:23:18Z")
plate plate?? meanwhile… a triple play: (go away,)(execrable)(singing by Ella) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/25 "2017-09-17T15:15:38Z")
Scat scat scat Touch a bird in an improper manner ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/26 "2017-09-17T15:43:39Z")
Goose goose Shakespeare fairy’s hockey-playing disk ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/27 "2017-09-17T15:53:50Z")
Puck’s puck Animal’s acts ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/28 "2017-09-21T14:24:16Z")
Being being. Happy dogs on a Radio Flyer. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/29 "2017-09-21T14:28:59Z")
Wagging Wagons Donald’s Wins ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/30 "2017-09-21T16:48:41Z")
Trump’s trumps \*Forest Animals \* succeeds ---
**Author:** ![boson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boson/32/11407_2.png) [@boson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boson)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/31 "2017-09-24T21:40:23Z")
Skunk skunks. Creature of flight ingests. ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/32 "2017-09-24T22:01:08Z")
> [@boson](#): > > Skunk skunks. > Creature of flight ingests. Swallow swallows _Forest Animals_ completes ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/33 "2017-09-25T01:02:08Z")
does does bus mentor ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/34 "2017-09-25T02:49:48Z")
> [@Ignatz](#): > > bus mentor coach coach bird swooped ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/35 "2017-09-26T04:46:20Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > coach coach > > bird swooped dove dove bad smelling row ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/36 "2017-09-26T11:37:08Z")
> [@Hoopy\_Frood](#): > > dove dove > > bad smelling row rank rank storage space sketcher ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/37 "2017-09-26T13:37:19Z")
drawer drawer obtain an animal’s offspring ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/38 "2017-09-26T15:22:37Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > obtain an animal’s offspring This one has me stumped. ---
**Author:** ![Thin\_Ice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Thin\_Ice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thin_Ice)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/39 "2017-09-26T15:35:21Z")
Get get Gun down a small plant ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/double-meaning/793144/40 "2017-09-26T15:41:44Z")
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