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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| odious metal area kitty cat | 02/15/22 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: odious metal area kitty cat 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: Know-it-all principal's office 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: odious metal area kitty cat 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: gold multi-colored stag film 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: odious metal area kitty cat 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: gold multi-colored stag film 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: odious metal area kitty cat 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: adventurous lettuce boltzmann 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: french sanctuary 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: Elite lay multi-billionaire (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: odious metal area kitty cat 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: Charcoal orchestra pit 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: odious metal area kitty cat 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: Mauve racy temple 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: razzle-dazzle keepsake machete quadroon 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: Rebellious Flatulent Chad Jap 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: unholy stead halford (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: odious metal area kitty cat 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: arousing puppy 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: odious metal area kitty cat 🤔🤔🤔 (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: Rebellious Flatulent Chad Jap 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: odious metal area kitty cat 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: Rebellious Flatulent Chad Jap 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: odious metal area kitty cat 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: Rebellious Flatulent Chad Jap (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: gold multi-colored stag film (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: ruby cerebral kitty prole 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: odious metal area kitty cat 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: comical step-uncle's house roast beef 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: odious metal area kitty cat 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: peach patrolman 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: odious metal area kitty cat 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) |