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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| Aromatic immigrant private investor | 02/15/22 |
| Thriller At-the-ready Son Of Senegal Striped Hyena | 02/15/22 |
| Aromatic immigrant private investor | 02/15/22 |
| Up-to-no-good Dead Digit Ratio Associate | 02/15/22 |
| Aromatic immigrant private investor | 02/15/22 |
| Up-to-no-good Dead Digit Ratio Associate | 02/15/22 |
| Aromatic immigrant private investor | 02/15/22 |
| Irate ivory ticket booth | 02/15/22 |
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| Aromatic immigrant private investor | 02/15/22 |
| chartreuse crackhouse new version | 02/15/22 |
| Aromatic immigrant private investor | 02/15/22 |
| charismatic coral library masturbator | 02/16/22 |
| concupiscible cream institution candlestick maker | 02/15/22 |
| Sinister love of her life | 02/15/22 |
| hideous jet-lagged stage newt | 02/15/22 |
| Aromatic immigrant private investor | 02/15/22 |
| Boyish internet-worthy address | 02/15/22 |
| Aromatic immigrant private investor | 02/15/22 |
| Sinister love of her life | 02/15/22 |
| Aromatic immigrant private investor | 02/15/22 |
| Sinister love of her life | 02/15/22 |
| Aromatic immigrant private investor | 02/15/22 |
| Sinister love of her life | 02/16/22 |
| Up-to-no-good Dead Digit Ratio Associate | 02/15/22 |
| Twinkling territorial idiot codepig | 02/15/22 |
| Aromatic immigrant private investor | 02/15/22 |
| adventurous shrine | 02/15/22 |
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| cocky marketing idea mad cow disease | 02/15/22 |
| Aromatic immigrant private investor | 02/15/22 |
| oomox | 04/07/26 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: Aromatic immigrant private investor 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: Thriller At-the-ready Son Of Senegal Striped Hyena Oversight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974433) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:18 PM Author: Aromatic immigrant private investor 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: Up-to-no-good Dead Digit Ratio Associate 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=2ГѓЖ’#43974438) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:22 PM Author: Aromatic immigrant private investor 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: Up-to-no-good Dead Digit Ratio Associate 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: Aromatic immigrant private investor 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: Irate ivory ticket booth need julia here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974454) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:23 PM Author: lascivious metal cruise ship inflammable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974458) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:24 PM Author: chocolate deer antler (dr. nick) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974466) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Aromatic immigrant private investor 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=2ГѓЖ’#43974475) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:24 PM Author: chartreuse crackhouse new version cleave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974462) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Aromatic immigrant private investor titc cleave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974477) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:06 PM Author: charismatic coral library masturbator that one was my contribution the last time we did this thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43978151) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:25 PM Author: concupiscible cream institution candlestick maker so far oversight is the only one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974468) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: Sinister love of her life Sanction (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974480) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: hideous jet-lagged stage newt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974481) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:28 PM Author: Aromatic immigrant private investor another good one! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974485) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: Boyish internet-worthy address faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974482) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: Aromatic immigrant private investor 🤔🤔🤔 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974524) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:29 PM Author: Sinister love of her life Overlook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974492) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:31 PM Author: Aromatic immigrant private investor cr similar to oversight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974509) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:30 PM Author: Sinister love of her life They're called contronyms btw, u can find huge lists (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974499) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:32 PM Author: Aromatic immigrant private investor 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=2ГѓЖ’#43974513) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:04 PM Author: Sinister love of her life (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43978133) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:36 PM Author: Up-to-no-good Dead Digit Ratio Associate (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974536) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:33 PM Author: Twinkling territorial idiot codepig science (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974519) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:42 PM Author: Aromatic immigrant private investor lol, fair (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974557) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: adventurous shrine cavalier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974525) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:43 PM Author: Aromatic immigrant private investor rly? what are the two meanings? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974559) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:35 PM Author: cocky marketing idea mad cow disease moot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2ГѓЖ’#43974531) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:44 PM Author: Aromatic immigrant private investor 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=2ГѓЖ’#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=2ГѓЖ’#49802525) |