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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| Mischievous alcoholic step-uncle's house patrolman | 02/15/22 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: Mischievous alcoholic step-uncle's house patrolman 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: Fragrant glassy associate home 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: Mischievous alcoholic step-uncle's house patrolman 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: Irradiated Nowag Organic Girlfriend 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: Mischievous alcoholic step-uncle's house patrolman 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: Irradiated Nowag Organic Girlfriend 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: Mischievous alcoholic step-uncle's house patrolman 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: startling sooty mad-dog skullcap 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: Purple well-lubricated dilemma 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: spruce multi-colored cuckoldry (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: Mischievous alcoholic step-uncle's house patrolman 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: Contagious Gunner 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: Mischievous alcoholic step-uncle's house patrolman 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: Excitant filthpig 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: glittery orchestra pit dopamine 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: Lime racy reading party 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: Out-of-control Azure Death Wish Trailer Park (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: Mischievous alcoholic step-uncle's house patrolman 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: Brilliant wild pistol foreskin 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: Mischievous alcoholic step-uncle's house patrolman 🤔🤔🤔 (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: Lime racy reading party 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: Mischievous alcoholic step-uncle's house patrolman 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: Lime racy reading party 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: Mischievous alcoholic step-uncle's house patrolman 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: Lime racy reading party (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: Irradiated Nowag Organic Girlfriend (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: hot son of senegal 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: Mischievous alcoholic step-uncle's house patrolman 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: rusted kitchen 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: Mischievous alcoholic step-uncle's house patrolman 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: Exciting Field 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: Mischievous alcoholic step-uncle's house patrolman 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) |