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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: hairraiser digit ratio 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: Histrionic khaki school cafeteria prole 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: hairraiser digit ratio 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: snowy lettuce gaming laptop 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: hairraiser digit ratio 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: snowy lettuce gaming laptop 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: hairraiser digit ratio 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: Umber Splenetic Business Firm 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 Wagecucks 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: marvelous filthpig (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: hairraiser digit ratio 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: Talented University 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: hairraiser digit ratio 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: iridescent home 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: Cream mind-boggling kitchen ceo 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: fiercely-loyal house turdskin 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: Sooty apoplectic market (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: hairraiser digit ratio 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: Drunken beta sweet tailpipe haunted graveyard 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: hairraiser digit ratio 🤔🤔🤔 (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: fiercely-loyal house turdskin 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: hairraiser digit ratio 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: fiercely-loyal house turdskin 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: hairraiser digit ratio 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: fiercely-loyal house turdskin (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: snowy lettuce gaming laptop (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: Rebellious newt tanning salon 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: hairraiser digit ratio 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: Cerebral ladyboy locus 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: hairraiser digit ratio 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: comical water buffalo 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: hairraiser digit ratio 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) |