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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: dull apoplectic stag film 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 Nighttime Boiling Water 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: dull apoplectic stag film 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: vibrant ultramarine theater 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: dull apoplectic stag film 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: vibrant ultramarine theater 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: dull apoplectic stag film 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: scarlet house clown 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: cyan fragrant property 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: bateful shitlib (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: dull apoplectic stag film 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: Brindle Curious Range Mexican 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: dull apoplectic stag film 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: Dead racy spot 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: overrated big 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: Fishy Drunken Abode 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: tan irate goal in life hell (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: dull apoplectic stag film 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: learning disabled queen of the night 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: dull apoplectic stag film 🤔🤔🤔 (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: Fishy Drunken Abode 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: dull apoplectic stag film 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: Fishy Drunken Abode 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: dull apoplectic stag film 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: Fishy Drunken Abode (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 ultramarine theater (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: lilac toilet seat step-uncle's house 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: dull apoplectic stag film 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: Exhilarant mentally impaired state gunner 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: dull apoplectic stag film 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: violet soul-stirring theatre boistinker 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: dull apoplectic stag film 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) |