Thursday, February 12, 2009

"Colorable"

How can a word mean two contradictory things at once?

Colorable:
1. seemingly valid or genuine (a colorable claim in law)
2. intended to deceive; counterfeit (colorable and false pretenses)

WTF, mate?
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