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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: Godawful den 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: beady-eyed carnelian candlestick maker persian 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: Godawful den 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: racy spruce location wagecucks 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: Godawful den 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: racy spruce location wagecucks 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: Godawful den 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: Marvelous dog poop 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: Lime wonderful station trump supporter 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: Clear Shaky Philosopher-king Field (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: Godawful den 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: Duck-like contagious therapy stead 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: Godawful den 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: maniacal locus double fault 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: comical anal point private investor 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: stimulating insane main people indirect expression 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: pink bull headed azn (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: Godawful den 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: Embarrassed To The Bone Casino Nibblets 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: Godawful den 🤔🤔🤔 (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: stimulating insane main people indirect expression 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: Godawful den 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: stimulating insane main people indirect expression 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: Godawful den 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: stimulating insane main people indirect expression (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: racy spruce location wagecucks (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: Pearly big-titted senate mad-dog skullcap 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: Godawful den 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: Thirsty Ape Dingle Berry 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: Godawful den 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: bossy stage dysfunction 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: Godawful den 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) |