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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker | 02/15/22 |
| fragrant nowag | 02/15/22 |
| Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker | 02/15/22 |
| peach twisted mediation | 02/15/22 |
| Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker | 02/15/22 |
| peach twisted mediation | 02/15/22 |
| Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker | 02/15/22 |
| Demanding parlor | 02/15/22 |
| self-centered new version | 02/15/22 |
| Slimy State | 02/15/22 |
| Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker | 02/15/22 |
| naked station | 02/15/22 |
| Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker | 02/15/22 |
| Gold box office main people | 02/16/22 |
| khaki goal in life trailer park | 02/15/22 |
| thriller set mad-dog skullcap | 02/15/22 |
| Trip pistol | 02/15/22 |
| Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker | 02/15/22 |
| talented skinny woman | 02/15/22 |
| Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker | 02/15/22 |
| thriller set mad-dog skullcap | 02/15/22 |
| Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker | 02/15/22 |
| thriller set mad-dog skullcap | 02/15/22 |
| Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker | 02/15/22 |
| thriller set mad-dog skullcap | 02/16/22 |
| peach twisted mediation | 02/15/22 |
| know-it-all point coldplay fan | 02/15/22 |
| Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker | 02/15/22 |
| ruddy theater stage | 02/15/22 |
| Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker | 02/15/22 |
| Excitant multi-billionaire | 02/15/22 |
| Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker | 02/15/22 |
| oomox | 04/07/26 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker 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: fragrant nowag Oversight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974433) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:18 PM Author: Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker 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: peach twisted mediation 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=2,5#43974438) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:22 PM Author: Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker 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: peach twisted mediation 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: Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker 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: Demanding parlor need julia here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974454) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:23 PM Author: self-centered new version inflammable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974458) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:24 PM Author: Slimy State (dr. nick) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974466) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker 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=2,5#43974475) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:24 PM Author: naked station cleave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974462) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker titc cleave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974477) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:06 PM Author: Gold box office main people that one was my contribution the last time we did this thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43978151) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:25 PM Author: khaki goal in life trailer park so far oversight is the only one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974468) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: thriller set mad-dog skullcap Sanction (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974480) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: Trip pistol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974481) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:28 PM Author: Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker another good one! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974485) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: talented skinny woman faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974482) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker 🤔🤔🤔 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974524) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:29 PM Author: thriller set mad-dog skullcap Overlook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974492) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:31 PM Author: Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker cr similar to oversight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974509) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:30 PM Author: thriller set mad-dog skullcap They're called contronyms btw, u can find huge lists (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974499) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:32 PM Author: Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker 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=2,5#43974513) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:04 PM Author: thriller set mad-dog skullcap (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43978133) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:36 PM Author: peach twisted mediation (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974536) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:33 PM Author: know-it-all point coldplay fan science (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974519) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:42 PM Author: Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker lol, fair (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974557) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: ruddy theater stage cavalier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974525) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:43 PM Author: Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker rly? what are the two meanings? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974559) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:35 PM Author: Excitant multi-billionaire moot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2,5#43974531) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:44 PM Author: Duck-like cruise ship windowlicker 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=2,5#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=2,5#49802525) |