From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!alice!rabbit!ark Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: Re: words which mean their opposites Article-I.D.: rabbit.1034 Posted: Fri Jan 7 18:34:06 1983 Received: Sat Jan 8 05:32:36 1983 References: machaids.231 >From Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary: bimonthly (adj) 1: occuring every two months 2: occuring twice a month: semimonthly When I worked at Columbia University, people on the bimonthly payroll were paid twice a month. There was no semimonthly payroll.