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  1. …in reply to @undefined
    @chanezon @dalmaer @aerotwist We call them Janus words, after the god Janus. My favorite German Janus word is quantum jump, which colloquially means a _massive_ advancement in science, but which in the physical sense is the _smallest_ possible change of state. Down the Wikipedia rabbit hole… 🐇 🕳