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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: cobalt elite hairy legs 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: Sapphire Heady Kitty 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: cobalt elite hairy legs 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: Razzmatazz set yarmulke 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: cobalt elite hairy legs 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: Razzmatazz set yarmulke 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: cobalt elite hairy legs 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: Stirring Goyim Associate 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: Opaque hell fortuitous meteor 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: titillating naked box office (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: cobalt elite hairy legs 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: Stimulating station alpha cleave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2#43974462) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:06 PM Author: Canary becky 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: turquoise liquid oxygen 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: Pink Razzle Corner Filthpig 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: Sepia concupiscible school (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: cobalt elite hairy legs 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: aphrodisiac jet brunch love of her life 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: cobalt elite hairy legs 🤔🤔🤔 (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: Pink Razzle Corner Filthpig 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: cobalt elite hairy legs 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: Pink Razzle Corner Filthpig 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: cobalt elite hairy legs 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: Pink Razzle Corner Filthpig (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: Razzmatazz set yarmulke (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: Soul-stirring site 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: cobalt elite hairy legs 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: erotic people who are hurt 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: cobalt elite hairy legs 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: insane clown theater 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: cobalt elite hairy legs 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) |