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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| fuchsia lay | 02/15/22 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: fuchsia lay 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: wonderful abode marketing idea 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: fuchsia lay 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: walnut brunch 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: fuchsia lay 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: walnut brunch 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: fuchsia lay 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: Rose doobsian hell 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: sepia crackhouse rigor 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: Arousing Crimson Gaming Laptop Black Woman (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: fuchsia lay 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: gold bateful party of the first part 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: fuchsia lay 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: racy persian psychic 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: vigorous drab theater 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: Cordovan puppy ticket booth 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: angry cruel-hearted hairy legs (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: fuchsia lay 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: magenta concupiscible antidepressant drug locale 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: fuchsia lay 🤔🤔🤔 (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: Cordovan puppy ticket booth 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: fuchsia lay 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: Cordovan puppy ticket booth 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: fuchsia lay 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: Cordovan puppy ticket booth (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: walnut brunch (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: milky soul-stirring lodge bbw 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: fuchsia lay 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: Beady-eyed Immigrant 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: fuchsia lay 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: Pearl out-of-control range codepig 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: fuchsia lay 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) |