These Extremely Cool Words Mean the Opposite of Themselves

All about the delightful phenomenon of “Janus Words”

They’re called contronyms, antagonyms, auto-antonyms (shudder), and enantiodromes (fun!), but by far the nicest thing they’re called is “Janus Words,” after the (literally) two-faced Roman god Janus, who presided over doorways, gates, and transitions, looking backwards and…