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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| Primrose self-absorbed wrinkle | 02/15/22 |
| beta azn home | 02/15/22 |
| Primrose self-absorbed wrinkle | 02/15/22 |
| green mood shrine | 02/15/22 |
| Primrose self-absorbed wrinkle | 02/15/22 |
| green mood shrine | 02/15/22 |
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| Vermilion Judgmental Area Boltzmann | 02/15/22 |
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| curious plum fanboi national | 02/15/22 |
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| brilliant drunken locus | 02/16/22 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: Primrose self-absorbed wrinkle fucking "deceptively"
"the question was deceptively simple" can mean that it seems simple but isn't, OR that it doesn't seem simple but it is
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:17 PM Author: beta azn home Oversight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974433) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:18 PM Author: Primrose self-absorbed wrinkle ooh good one!
"this oversight was a result of a serious lack of oversight" |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:18 PM Author: green mood shrine That's not a function of the word but of pragmatics pertaining to the properties of the question. I thought this thread was about stuff like innervate / enervate. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974438) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:22 PM Author: Primrose self-absorbed wrinkle fine - i mean words that CAN, depending on context, mean two things that are opposites*
but innervate/enervate is welcome here too, equally TTT |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:35 PM Author: green mood shrine Broadly speaking, any word can have two opposite meanings in the sense you mean if you vary the pragmatics—that is why irony is possible and so rich in language. Your issue seems to be with imprecision introduced by using a word like "deceptively" to modify an adjective, since there's ambiguity about whether what is "deceptive" is the easiness or the initial appearance while the true nature is easy.
The meaning can be cleaned up a bit by just modifying the word order and punctuation: "Deceptively, the test was simple" to my ear sounds like the test was in fact simple; "The test was simple—deceptively" sounds to me like it appeared simple but that appearance was deceptive.
Still, all told this is an unfortunate construction and best avoided altogether save when strategic ambiguity is the goal. |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:41 PM Author: Primrose self-absorbed wrinkle credited analysis ty!! i don't necessarily share your interpretations of the two examples you gave, but good call about the ambiguity of what "deceptively" is modifying
and yeah i realized after poasting that someone was probably going to point out that ANY word can mean diff things based on context >__> |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:22 PM Author: Vermilion Judgmental Area Boltzmann need julia here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974454) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:23 PM Author: Wonderful Stag Film inflammable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974458) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:24 PM Author: curious plum fanboi national (dr. nick) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974466) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Primrose self-absorbed wrinkle well the issue with that one is that the two words sound like opposites but are synonyms. also TTT. i'm guessing the "in" is from "inflame" but i'm too lazy to verify (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974475) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:24 PM Author: Translucent motley dilemma sound barrier cleave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974462) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Primrose self-absorbed wrinkle titc cleave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974477) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:06 PM Author: brilliant drunken locus that one was my contribution the last time we did this thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43978151) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:25 PM Author: Mint hall so far oversight is the only one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974468) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: crimson insanely creepy mad cow disease halford Sanction (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974480) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: Maroon charismatic water buffalo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974481) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:28 PM Author: Primrose self-absorbed wrinkle another good one! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974485) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: Twinkling mind-boggling masturbator idiot faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974482) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: Primrose self-absorbed wrinkle 🤔🤔🤔 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974524) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:29 PM Author: crimson insanely creepy mad cow disease halford Overlook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974492) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:31 PM Author: Primrose self-absorbed wrinkle cr similar to oversight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974509) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:30 PM Author: crimson insanely creepy mad cow disease halford They're called contronyms btw, u can find huge lists (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974499) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:32 PM Author: Primrose self-absorbed wrinkle tyty! it would be funny if "contronym" also meant "words that sound like antonyms but are synonyms" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974513) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:04 PM Author: crimson insanely creepy mad cow disease halford (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43978133) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:36 PM Author: green mood shrine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974536) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:33 PM Author: topaz disgusting brethren hell science (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974519) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:42 PM Author: Primrose self-absorbed wrinkle lol, fair (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974557) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: Misunderstood Weed Whacker cavalier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974525) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:43 PM Author: Primrose self-absorbed wrinkle rly? what are the two meanings? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974559) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:35 PM Author: Salmon whorehouse stain moot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974531) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:44 PM Author: Primrose self-absorbed wrinkle whoa i didn't even know it had the "debatable" meaning; i always just used it to mean "irrelevant" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#43974567) |
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Date: April 7th, 2026 10:21 PM Author: oomox (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2)#49802525) |