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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| odious chartreuse native | 02/15/22 |
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| odious chartreuse native | 02/15/22 |
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| Unholy spot indirect expression | 02/15/22 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: odious chartreuse native 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: laughsome bespoke death wish dog poop 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: odious chartreuse native 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: Sick space roast beef 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: odious chartreuse native 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: Sick space roast beef 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: odious chartreuse native 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: Contagious depressive headpube 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: doobsian set 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: Ivory abusive brethren indian lodge (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: odious chartreuse native 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: Multi-colored jet immigrant clown 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: odious chartreuse native 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: Territorial french chef prole 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: irate khaki senate cuckoldry 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: Up-to-no-good disrespectful gunner parlour 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: opaque wonderful house friendly grandma (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: odious chartreuse native 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: Sapphire Telephone 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: odious chartreuse native 🤔🤔🤔 (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: Up-to-no-good disrespectful gunner parlour 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: odious chartreuse native 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: Up-to-no-good disrespectful gunner parlour 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: odious chartreuse native 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: Up-to-no-good disrespectful gunner parlour (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: Sick space roast beef (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: Shaky national security agency lodge 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: odious chartreuse native 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: Unholy spot indirect expression 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: odious chartreuse native 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: massive locus masturbator 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: odious chartreuse native 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) |