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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| Odious Khaki Kitchen Sex Offender | 02/15/22 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: Odious Khaki Kitchen Sex Offender 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: vigorous arrogant space deer antler 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: Odious Khaki Kitchen Sex Offender 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: Sadistic Contagious Giraffe 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: Odious Khaki Kitchen Sex Offender 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: Sadistic Contagious Giraffe 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: Odious Khaki Kitchen Sex Offender 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: Flirting indian lodge 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: Poppy rambunctious fanboi private investor 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: Ruby lodge gay wizard (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: Odious Khaki Kitchen Sex Offender 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: Galvanic Locale Toilet Seat 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: Odious Khaki Kitchen Sex Offender 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: onyx concupiscible forum 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: geriatric bright shrine keepsake machete 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: lemon at-the-ready heaven 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: talented rose psychic (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: Odious Khaki Kitchen Sex Offender 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: Arousing Cowardly People Who Are Hurt Piazza 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: Odious Khaki Kitchen Sex Offender 🤔🤔🤔 (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: lemon at-the-ready heaven 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: Odious Khaki Kitchen Sex Offender 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: lemon at-the-ready heaven 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: Odious Khaki Kitchen Sex Offender 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: lemon at-the-ready heaven (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: Sadistic Contagious Giraffe (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: harsh jet trailer park 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: Odious Khaki Kitchen Sex Offender 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: jet-lagged snowy ticket booth trump supporter 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: Odious Khaki Kitchen Sex Offender 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: honey-headed church mediation 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: Odious Khaki Kitchen Sex Offender 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) |