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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| soul-stirring shivering locus | 02/15/22 |
| Chest-beating Twisted Affirmative Action | 02/15/22 |
| soul-stirring shivering locus | 02/15/22 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: soul-stirring shivering locus 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: Chest-beating Twisted Affirmative Action 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: soul-stirring shivering locus 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: brass hell 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: soul-stirring shivering locus 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: brass hell 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: soul-stirring shivering locus 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: Cobalt stead 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: flushed circlehead base 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: aggressive trailer park roast beef (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: soul-stirring shivering locus 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: Glittery Hideous Space Ape 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: soul-stirring shivering locus 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: 180 grizzly theater gay wizard 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: concupiscible dilemma coffee pot 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: sepia cuck school 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: Yellow Turdskin (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: soul-stirring shivering locus 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: purple sneaky criminal background story 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: soul-stirring shivering locus 🤔🤔🤔 (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: sepia cuck school 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: soul-stirring shivering locus 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: sepia cuck school 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: soul-stirring shivering locus 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: sepia cuck school (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: brass hell (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: Contagious fuchsia spot clown 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: soul-stirring shivering locus 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: Beady-eyed mahogany whorehouse 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: soul-stirring shivering locus 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: Wild Puppy 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: soul-stirring shivering locus 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) |