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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| Marvelous Free-loading Set | 02/15/22 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: Marvelous Free-loading Set 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: cyan crusty hospital liquid oxygen Oversight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974433) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:18 PM Author: Marvelous Free-loading Set 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: Pungent blood rage national 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=2Elisa#43974438) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:22 PM Author: Marvelous Free-loading Set 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: Pungent blood rage national 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: Marvelous Free-loading Set 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: cerebral faggotry need julia here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974454) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:23 PM Author: flatulent institution inflammable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974458) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:24 PM Author: Translucent death wish heaven (dr. nick) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974466) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Marvelous Free-loading Set 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=2Elisa#43974475) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:24 PM Author: Aggressive skinny woman office cleave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974462) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Marvelous Free-loading Set titc cleave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974477) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:06 PM Author: Rambunctious Flesh Rigor that one was my contribution the last time we did this thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43978151) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:25 PM Author: ebony motley business firm sandwich so far oversight is the only one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974468) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: indigo ceo Sanction (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974480) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: Magenta Nursing Home (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974481) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:28 PM Author: Marvelous Free-loading Set another good one! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974485) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: beta titillating faggot firefighter faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974482) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: Marvelous Free-loading Set 🤔🤔🤔 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974524) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:29 PM Author: indigo ceo Overlook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974492) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:31 PM Author: Marvelous Free-loading Set cr similar to oversight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974509) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:30 PM Author: indigo ceo They're called contronyms btw, u can find huge lists (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974499) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:32 PM Author: Marvelous Free-loading Set 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=2Elisa#43974513) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:04 PM Author: indigo ceo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43978133) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:36 PM Author: Pungent blood rage national (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974536) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:33 PM Author: talking corner science (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974519) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:42 PM Author: Marvelous Free-loading Set lol, fair (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974557) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: Swashbuckling School Cafeteria Incel cavalier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974525) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:43 PM Author: Marvelous Free-loading Set rly? what are the two meanings? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974559) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:35 PM Author: bat shit crazy trailer park french chef moot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Elisa#43974531) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:44 PM Author: Marvelous Free-loading Set 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=2Elisa#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=2Elisa#49802525) |