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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.
History of the science of opposites
The science of opposites was first discovered by Tony Cronin and Stuart Browne in Rome in 2006. Before long, this infantile field of science was to be thrust on to a wider stage when the pair discussed their theories on the Dave Gorman BBC Radio 4 show - Genius.
Although the Radio Show did little to foster a mainstream following (due in part to it making Johnny Vegas' 'gums jangle'), the team were not put off their unenthusiastic pursuit of some kind of science prize.
Dave Gorman again came to the rescue in 2009, resuscitating the science for the TV version of of his Genius show.
This website is the legacy of over 3 years of passive and lethargic scientific study - a kind of noun based Wikipedia for imbeciles.
We hope you enjoy it and that it makes you smile as much as it has us.
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