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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| 180 Flushed Pistol Theater | 02/15/22 |
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| 180 Flushed Pistol Theater | 02/15/22 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: 180 Flushed Pistol Theater 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: Twisted resort windowlicker 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: 180 Flushed Pistol Theater 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: adulterous indigo reading party 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: 180 Flushed Pistol Theater 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: adulterous indigo reading party 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: 180 Flushed Pistol Theater 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: Arousing lodge 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: Brindle French Mood National 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: aphrodisiac travel guidebook heaven (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: 180 Flushed Pistol Theater 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: Thriller Chrome Kitchen Affirmative Action 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: 180 Flushed Pistol Theater 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: vivacious dark field boistinker 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: Hilarious community account 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: exhilarant bright area fanboi 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: saffron frisky headpube (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: 180 Flushed Pistol Theater 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: Tantric brunch 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: 180 Flushed Pistol Theater 🤔🤔🤔 (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: exhilarant bright area fanboi 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: 180 Flushed Pistol Theater 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: exhilarant bright area fanboi 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: 180 Flushed Pistol Theater 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: exhilarant bright area fanboi (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: adulterous indigo reading party (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: lilac dingle berry 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: 180 Flushed Pistol Theater 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: Violent balding temple multi-billionaire 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: 180 Flushed Pistol Theater 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: Talented pungent azn 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: 180 Flushed Pistol Theater 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) |