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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: Peach passionate space puppy 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: Cerebral really tough guy hospital 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: Peach passionate space puppy 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: curious brunch 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: Peach passionate space puppy 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: curious brunch 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: Peach passionate space puppy 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: Apoplectic Hairraiser Associate Parlor 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: Laughsome high-end sandwich temple 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: Obsidian flatulent state place of business (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: Peach passionate space puppy 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: Sadistic sienna depressive parlour 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: Peach passionate space puppy 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: Fragrant cocky doctorate 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: fuchsia floppy forum 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: coiffed cuckoldry headpube 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: Startled giraffe trump supporter (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: Peach passionate space puppy 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: Rose heaven jewess 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: Peach passionate space puppy 🤔🤔🤔 (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: coiffed cuckoldry headpube 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: Peach passionate space puppy 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: coiffed cuckoldry headpube 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: Peach passionate space puppy 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: coiffed cuckoldry headpube (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: curious brunch (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: Self-absorbed son of senegal stain 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: Peach passionate space puppy 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: Up-to-no-good school cafeteria 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: Peach passionate space puppy 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: lake hairless cuckold 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: Peach passionate space puppy 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) |