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Originally Posted by twistedmosaic
Finding such idiosyncrasies in slang is much easier. The word "bad" can be used as slang to mean "good." The word "bomb" has two slang meanings: "failure" (as usually used in the United States) and "success" (as usually used in the United Kingdom).
Some noteworthy antonyms aren't homographs (words that are spelled the same) but homophones (words that are pronounced the same). Some of these include:
aural, oral - heard, spoken
erupt, irrupt - burst out, burst in
petalless, petalous - lacking petals, having petals
raise, raze - erect, tear down
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These are what I was looking for. I think discrete and discreet belong here. It just bugs me so much because I've heard it used three times in sentences recently and its use was flipped back and forth each time.