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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| lilac exciting library | 02/15/22 |
| Heady goyim | 02/15/22 |
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| gay duck-like brunch dingle berry | 02/15/22 |
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| Salmon diverse prole | 02/15/22 |
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| marvelous stead immigrant | 02/16/22 |
| rambunctious hateful jew | 02/15/22 |
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| Multi-colored sickened cuck | 02/15/22 |
| lilac exciting library | 02/15/22 |
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| gay duck-like brunch dingle berry | 02/15/22 |
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| lilac exciting library | 02/15/22 |
| floppy cuckoldry codepig | 02/15/22 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: lilac exciting library 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: Heady goyim 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: lilac exciting library 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: gay duck-like brunch dingle berry 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: lilac exciting library 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: gay duck-like brunch dingle berry 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: lilac exciting library 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: Salmon diverse prole 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: Dead Church Building 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: angry senate (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: lilac exciting library 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: hairraiser water buffalo 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: lilac exciting library 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: marvelous stead immigrant 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: rambunctious hateful jew 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: Bipolar histrionic nursing home sweet tailpipe 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: Multi-colored sickened cuck (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: lilac exciting library 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: bonkers nubile shrine 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: lilac exciting library 🤔🤔🤔 (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: Bipolar histrionic nursing home sweet tailpipe 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: lilac exciting library 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: Bipolar histrionic nursing home sweet tailpipe 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: lilac exciting library 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: Bipolar histrionic nursing home sweet tailpipe (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: gay duck-like brunch dingle berry (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: Trip rusted volcanic crater 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: lilac exciting library 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: floppy cuckoldry codepig 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: lilac exciting library 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: Beady-eyed church striped hyena 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: lilac exciting library 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) |