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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| Ebony Cowardly Kitchen Party Of The First Part | 02/15/22 |
| Aphrodisiac legend locus | 02/15/22 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: Ebony Cowardly Kitchen Party Of The First Part 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: Aphrodisiac legend locus 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: Ebony Cowardly Kitchen Party Of The First Part 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: frum insecure bawdyhouse gay wizard 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: Ebony Cowardly Kitchen Party Of The First Part 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: frum insecure bawdyhouse gay wizard 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: Ebony Cowardly Kitchen Party Of The First Part 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: nofapping goyim 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: avocado misanthropic scourge upon the earth 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: Bonkers selfie mother (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: Ebony Cowardly Kitchen Party Of The First Part 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: Smoky Talented Haunted Graveyard 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: Ebony Cowardly Kitchen Party Of The First Part 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: cobalt cruise ship chad 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: aqua gaped corner telephone 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: Pale tanning salon depressive 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: thriller native tattoo (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: Ebony Cowardly Kitchen Party Of The First Part 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: white odious orchestra pit hairy legs 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: Ebony Cowardly Kitchen Party Of The First Part 🤔🤔🤔 (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: Pale tanning salon depressive 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: Ebony Cowardly Kitchen Party Of The First Part 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: Pale tanning salon depressive 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: Ebony Cowardly Kitchen Party Of The First Part 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: Pale tanning salon depressive (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: frum insecure bawdyhouse gay wizard (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: Burgundy Dashing Gas Station Boistinker 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: Ebony Cowardly Kitchen Party Of The First Part 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: Splenetic hospital 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: Ebony Cowardly Kitchen Party Of The First Part 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: Crimson floppy ceo 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: Ebony Cowardly Kitchen Party Of The First Part 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) |