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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: Lavender location 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: Avocado filthy heaven wrinkle Oversight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974433) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:18 PM Author: Lavender location 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: Irate hell antidepressant drug 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...id.#43974438) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:22 PM Author: Lavender location 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: Irate hell antidepressant drug 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: Lavender location 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: opaque misunderstood center need julia here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974454) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:23 PM Author: fear-inspiring turquoise old irish cottage death wish inflammable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974458) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:24 PM Author: Onyx haunting tanning salon faggotry (dr. nick) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974466) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Lavender location 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...id.#43974475) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:24 PM Author: Deep shimmering wagecucks cleave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974462) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Lavender location titc cleave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974477) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:06 PM Author: startling adulterous azn that one was my contribution the last time we did this thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43978151) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:25 PM Author: burgundy charismatic set ratface so far oversight is the only one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974468) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: swollen plaza Sanction (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974480) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: Blue aphrodisiac area goyim (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974481) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:28 PM Author: Lavender location another good one! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974485) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: chest-beating partner double fault faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974482) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: Lavender location 🤔🤔🤔 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974524) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:29 PM Author: swollen plaza Overlook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974492) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:31 PM Author: Lavender location cr similar to oversight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974509) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:30 PM Author: swollen plaza They're called contronyms btw, u can find huge lists (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974499) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:32 PM Author: Lavender location 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...id.#43974513) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:04 PM Author: swollen plaza (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43978133) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:36 PM Author: Irate hell antidepressant drug (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974536) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:33 PM Author: garnet alcoholic hall science (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974519) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:42 PM Author: Lavender location lol, fair (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974557) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: walnut heady kitchen cavalier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974525) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:43 PM Author: Lavender location rly? what are the two meanings? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974559) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:35 PM Author: rebellious national kitty cat moot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id.#43974531) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:44 PM Author: Lavender location 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...id.#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...id.#49802525) |