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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: Crusty sticky tanning salon 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: Red learning disabled useless brakes Oversight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974433) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:18 PM Author: Crusty sticky tanning salon 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: Sienna motley space 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=2Reputation#43974438) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:22 PM Author: Crusty sticky tanning salon 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: Sienna motley space 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: Crusty sticky tanning salon 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: vibrant disrespectful business firm sandwich need julia here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974454) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:23 PM Author: awkward onyx affirmative action brethren inflammable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974458) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:24 PM Author: talking property french chef (dr. nick) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974466) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Crusty sticky tanning salon 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=2Reputation#43974475) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:24 PM Author: Copper Costumed Dopamine Boltzmann cleave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974462) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Crusty sticky tanning salon titc cleave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974477) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:06 PM Author: blue contagious brunch mad cow disease that one was my contribution the last time we did this thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43978151) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:25 PM Author: Rusted azn roommate so far oversight is the only one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974468) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: Vermilion appetizing travel guidebook depressive Sanction (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974480) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: Spectacular cordovan friendly grandma partner (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974481) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:28 PM Author: Crusty sticky tanning salon another good one! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974485) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: Grizzly hot gas station sex offender faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974482) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: Crusty sticky tanning salon 🤔🤔🤔 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974524) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:29 PM Author: Vermilion appetizing travel guidebook depressive Overlook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974492) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:31 PM Author: Crusty sticky tanning salon cr similar to oversight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974509) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:30 PM Author: Vermilion appetizing travel guidebook depressive They're called contronyms btw, u can find huge lists (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974499) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:32 PM Author: Crusty sticky tanning salon 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=2Reputation#43974513) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:04 PM Author: Vermilion appetizing travel guidebook depressive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43978133) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:36 PM Author: Sienna motley space (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974536) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:33 PM Author: razzle scarlet field science (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974519) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:42 PM Author: Crusty sticky tanning salon lol, fair (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974557) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: Wonderful School cavalier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974525) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:43 PM Author: Crusty sticky tanning salon rly? what are the two meanings? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974559) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:35 PM Author: aphrodisiac amethyst pisswyrm legal warrant moot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2Reputation#43974531) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:44 PM Author: Crusty sticky tanning salon 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=2Reputation#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=2Reputation#49802525) |