the science of opposites

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Adding a noun takes 30 seconds but it comes with a big responsibility. Once you add the noun, you own it on www.oppo-site.com.

You must take on board oppo-inions of others before linking to its opposite. If its opposite hasn't been added yet, you must add (and own) that too.

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The Science of Opposites

The science of opposites where we aim to explore the opposite of every noun in the English language.

Nouns don't tend to have opposites - words like knife, pen, house, car and phone are somehow more complete when you find their logical partner.

Register and play your part in solving one of language's great mysteries. If we all do 1 noun each, we'll have this finished in no time.

Tipp-Ex

Submitted by Stuart B on Mon, 30/03/2009 - 10:38

To mark text or images in order to conceal them.

Assumes that the paper is the same colour as the tippex. If not, it raises the possibility of hallucinated 'chameleon Tipp-Ex'.

Opposites identified

opposite:

Highlighter Pen

Morning

Submitted by Stuart B on Thu, 19/03/2009 - 21:14

The daily anniversary of the start of another day.

It is generally not celebrated whatsoever and is met with much huffing and puffing, especially on weekdays.

Opposites identified

opposite:

Birthday

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Friction Shoes

Submitted by Stuart B on Fri, 13/03/2009 - 07:19

Footwear with high friction soles (e.g. with rubberised sandpaper suckers) that make the wearer's feet stick to the floor when walking.

Believed to have been invented for Charlie Chaplin to run around corners.

Opposites identified

opposite:

Roller Skates

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Tooth Extraction

Submitted by Aliquant on Sat, 28/03/2009 - 14:02

Medical procedure where a tooth is removed from the mouth, usually due to irreparable damage caused by stupidity such as eating too much sugar and not keeping adequate standards of dental hygiene.

Opposites identified

opposite:

Medal

Printer

Submitted by Stuart B on Mon, 16/02/2009 - 18:34

Computer Printer: used to convert on screen documents and images into physical paper documents.

Opposites identified

opposite:

Scanner

April Fool's Day

Submitted by Ian Wolf on Wed, 01/04/2009 - 10:39

For people to come together for a day, make jokes and be happy.

Opposites identified

opposite:

Remembrance Day

Paper

Submitted by ellipsis on Sat, 12/09/2009 - 22:15

To record information in a cheap and impermanent form upon a limited writing surface.

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Mobile Phone Charger

Submitted by Dr William J Baker on Sat, 28/03/2009 - 01:08

This is a prime noun. A charger fills a phone up with charge. But simultainiously when not charging a phone it is draining electricity. Thus not usefully dispersing energy but wasting.