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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: green stage 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: henna heady orchestra pit lettuce Oversight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974433) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:18 PM Author: green stage 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: iridescent crotch partner 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=2most#43974438) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:22 PM Author: green stage 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: iridescent crotch partner 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: green stage 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: Carmine wonderful national faggot firefighter need julia here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974454) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:23 PM Author: Internet-worthy overrated son of senegal legend inflammable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974458) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:24 PM Author: Claret Location Goyim (dr. nick) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974466) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: green stage 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=2most#43974475) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:24 PM Author: irate up-to-no-good rehab legal warrant cleave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974462) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: green stage titc cleave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974477) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:06 PM Author: floppy lake corner that one was my contribution the last time we did this thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43978151) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:25 PM Author: Nudist Casino Half-breed so far oversight is the only one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974468) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: Peach irradiated garrison Sanction (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974480) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: comical high-end trailer park old irish cottage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974481) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:28 PM Author: green stage another good one! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974485) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: nighttime principal's office faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974482) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: green stage 🤔🤔🤔 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974524) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:29 PM Author: Peach irradiated garrison Overlook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974492) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:31 PM Author: green stage cr similar to oversight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974509) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:30 PM Author: Peach irradiated garrison They're called contronyms btw, u can find huge lists (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974499) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:32 PM Author: green stage 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=2most#43974513) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:04 PM Author: Peach irradiated garrison (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43978133) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:36 PM Author: iridescent crotch partner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974536) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:33 PM Author: Pea-brained indian lodge science (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974519) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:42 PM Author: green stage lol, fair (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974557) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: Massive appetizing marketing idea reading party cavalier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974525) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:43 PM Author: green stage rly? what are the two meanings? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974559) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:35 PM Author: Sinister doctorate moot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2most#43974531) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:44 PM Author: green stage 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=2most#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=2most#49802525) |