[extropy-chat] evolution of language

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Mike  
> ... 'bad' for the master is considered 
> 'good' for the slave, and vice versa...

A sort of 'Newspeak' (in Orwell's 1984).
Words mean the opposite of what they 
appear to mean, or have a meaning when
applied to friends and the opposite
meaning when applied to enemies.

But for sure there are examples in
Europe. In Italy we use "dritto"
[straight, honest] to mean the opposite
[artful, rogue, ...].