Tim Apple.

Is this the same or different to nominative determinism?

You would like german. The word “umfahren” can mean to drive around something or it can mean to run something over, depending on how you pronounce it.

I wonder if there’s a word for when a whole phrase has two opposite meanings without one of the words in it being a contronym (or using sarcasm, etc)

The example that made me think of this is a song lyric:

And she’s dancing like she’s never danced before!

There’s the intended meaning of better than ever… But if I were to dance it would also be like I’ve never danced before.

Are they called shelled peanuts because they have their shells? or are they called shelled peanuts because they’ve been shelled, unshelling them? It’s literally ironic…

I’m a fan of cleave which can mean to split in two or to stick together. Each meaning has a different root.

I had an Austin Powers shirt with lines similar to: ‘fanf*ckingtastic’ all over it , lol. There is a word for everything.

In linguistics this is called expletive infixation. It’s a good example of the inherent grammar of language that we are never directly taught but know anyway. For example, we know fanfuckingtastic is correct but fantafuckingstic is wrong.

“She wrote me one of those John Deere letters…”

I always knew it as transposing the beginning sounds of two words like: fons of tun instead of tons of fun.

Found some spoonerisms for folk that don’t know what it is -

Three cheers for our queer old dean!" (while giving a toast at a dinner, which Queen Victoria was also attending)[15]

“Is it kisstomary to cuss the bride?” (as opposed to “customary to kiss”)[15]

“The Lord is a shoving leopard.” (instead of “a loving shepherd”)[15]

“A blushing crow.” (“crushing blow”)[15]

“A well-boiled icicle” (“well-oiled bicycle”)[15]

“You were fighting a liar in the quadrangle.” (“lighting a fire”)[15]

“Is the bean dizzy?” (“Dean busy”)[15]

“Someone is occupewing my pie. Please sew me to another sheet.” (“Someone is occupying my pew. Please show me to another seat.”)[15]

“You have hissed all my mystery lectures. You have tasted a whole worm. Please leave Oxford on the next town drain.” (“You have missed all my history lectures. You have wasted a whole term. Please leave Oxford on the next down train.”)[15]

Not necessarily for comedic effect, and it’s for swapping consonants.

No, he calls it an Emordnilap. I did see it but I knew of Semordnilaps for awhile now. I DO like Micheal Steven’s take on all of his linguistic subjects. Dude is a genius educator.

Edit: lmao I chuckled at your username.

I did, op almost definitely did!