Nowadays 'Hot' can mean 'cool' (or sexy) and vice versa, 'bad' can mean 'good' or 'cool'. Can you give more examples to these 'twists' in english?

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The word sanction. In the sentence "We've imposed sanctions on trade with XXX rogue nation," sanction is a bad thing, a disapproving and an imposition of barriers. In the sentence "When they decided to upgrade these properties, we gladly sanctioned the decision," sanction is a good thing - an approving.

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