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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: Abusive office partner 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: Sexy Native 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: Abusive office partner 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: soul-stirring cream stain menage 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: Abusive office partner 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: soul-stirring cream stain menage 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: Abusive office partner 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: Clear black woman home 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: provocative know-it-all kitty cat 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: charcoal national ape (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: Abusive office partner 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: beady-eyed shimmering set karate 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: Abusive office partner 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: Vigorous kink-friendly garrison pocket flask 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: stirring turdskin wrinkle 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: Stimulating Apoplectic Space Blood Rage 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: razzmatazz circlehead french chef (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: Abusive office partner 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: aggressive offensive abode prole 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: Abusive office partner 🤔🤔🤔 (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: Stimulating Apoplectic Space Blood Rage 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: Abusive office partner 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: Stimulating Apoplectic Space Blood Rage 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: Abusive office partner 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: Stimulating Apoplectic Space Blood Rage (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: soul-stirring cream stain menage (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: carnelian sinister foreskin ticket booth 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: Abusive office partner 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: adventurous nursing home 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: Abusive office partner 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: Sienna Boltzmann 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: Abusive office partner 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) |