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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| Heady theater stage | 02/15/22 |
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| yellow talented dog poop | 02/15/22 |
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| Heady theater stage | 02/15/22 |
| Copper cerebral state | 02/15/22 |
| Heady theater stage | 02/15/22 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: Heady theater 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: translucent public bath regret 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: Heady theater 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: yellow talented dog poop 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: Heady theater 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: yellow talented dog poop 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: Heady theater 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: Racy avocado death wish 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: ocher queen of the night native 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: slimy step-uncle's house (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: Heady theater 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=2),#43974475) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:24 PM Author: violent navy theater 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: Heady theater stage 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: Very tactful wonderful office 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: Thriller rose associate 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: High-end Razzle-dazzle House 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: Shimmering erotic institution clown (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: Heady theater stage 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: Obsidian legend theatre 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: Heady theater stage 🤔🤔🤔 (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: High-end Razzle-dazzle House 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: Heady theater stage 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: High-end Razzle-dazzle House 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: Heady theater 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=2),#43974513) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:04 PM Author: High-end Razzle-dazzle House (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: yellow talented dog poop (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: grizzly massive cuckoldry really tough guy 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: Heady theater stage 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: Copper cerebral state 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: Heady theater stage 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: Bistre Piazza Selfie 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: Heady theater 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=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) |