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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs

fucking "deceptively" "the question was de...
fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube
  02/15/22
Oversight
Violet psychic office
  02/15/22
ooh good one! "this oversight was a result of a seri...
fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube
  02/15/22
That's not a function of the word but of pragmatics pertaini...
vibrant slate hunting ground
  02/15/22
fine - i mean words that CAN, depending on context, mean two...
fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube
  02/15/22
Broadly speaking, any word can have two opposite meanings in...
vibrant slate hunting ground
  02/15/22
credited analysis ty!! i don't necessarily share your inter...
fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube
  02/15/22
need julia here
Frisky Menage
  02/15/22
inflammable
light spectacular candlestick maker affirmative action
  02/15/22
(dr. nick)
Elite pervert internal respiration
  02/15/22
well the issue with that one is that the two words sound lik...
fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube
  02/15/22
cleave
Sapphire beady-eyed boltzmann round eye
  02/15/22
titc cleave
fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube
  02/15/22
that one was my contribution the last time we did this threa...
Know-it-all Laughsome Masturbator
  02/16/22
so far oversight is the only one
mentally impaired khaki indian lodge mood
  02/15/22
Sanction
swashbuckling legal warrant private investor
  02/15/22
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Adventurous Nudist Kitchen
  02/15/22
another good one!
fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube
  02/15/22
faggot
Milky church
  02/15/22
🤔🤔🤔
fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube
  02/15/22
Overlook
swashbuckling legal warrant private investor
  02/15/22
cr similar to oversight
fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube
  02/15/22
They're called contronyms btw, u can find huge lists
swashbuckling legal warrant private investor
  02/15/22
tyty! it would be funny if "contronym" also meant...
fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube
  02/15/22
...
swashbuckling legal warrant private investor
  02/16/22
...
vibrant slate hunting ground
  02/15/22
science
Thriller stag film
  02/15/22
lol, fair
fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube
  02/15/22
cavalier
high-end garnet keepsake machete
  02/15/22
rly? what are the two meanings?
fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube
  02/15/22
moot
Mewling feces
  02/15/22
whoa i didn't even know it had the "debatable" mea...
fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube
  02/15/22
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oomox
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM
Author: fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube

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

WHYYY

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2:#43974432)



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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:17 PM
Author: Violet psychic office

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: fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube

ooh good one!

"this oversight was a result of a serious lack of oversight"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2:#43974437)



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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:18 PM
Author: vibrant slate hunting ground

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: fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube

fine - i mean words that CAN, depending on context, mean two things that are opposites*

but innervate/enervate is welcome here too, equally TTT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2:#43974453)



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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:35 PM
Author: vibrant slate hunting ground

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2:#43974532)



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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:41 PM
Author: fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube

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 >__>

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2:#43974553)



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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:22 PM
Author: Frisky Menage

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: light spectacular candlestick maker affirmative action

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: Elite pervert internal respiration

(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: fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube

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: Sapphire beady-eyed boltzmann round eye

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: fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube

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: Know-it-all Laughsome Masturbator

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: mentally impaired khaki indian lodge mood

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: swashbuckling legal warrant private investor

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: Adventurous Nudist Kitchen



(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: fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube

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: Milky church

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: fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube

🤔🤔🤔

(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: swashbuckling legal warrant private investor

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: fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube

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: swashbuckling legal warrant private investor

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: fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube

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: swashbuckling legal warrant private investor



(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: vibrant slate hunting ground



(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: Thriller stag film

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: fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube

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: high-end garnet keepsake machete

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: fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube

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: Mewling feces

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: fragrant pearl kitty cat headpube

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)