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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| Opaque Digit Ratio Foreskin | 02/15/22 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: Opaque Digit Ratio Foreskin 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: mahogany marvelous generalized bond 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: Opaque Digit Ratio Foreskin 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: Odious sanctuary pistol 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: Opaque Digit Ratio Foreskin 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: Odious sanctuary pistol 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: Opaque Digit Ratio Foreskin 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 9:23 PM Author: Fragrant startled business firm french chef 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: trip tan fanboi potus (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: Opaque Digit Ratio Foreskin 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: Brass Judgmental 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: Opaque Digit Ratio Foreskin 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: Blue School Faggot Firefighter 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: Soul-stirring aqua state preventive strike 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: pontificating brindle rigpig kitchen 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: Fluffy Box Office Liquid Oxygen (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: Opaque Digit Ratio Foreskin 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: disgusting affirmative action people who are hurt 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: Opaque Digit Ratio Foreskin 🤔🤔🤔 (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: pontificating brindle rigpig kitchen 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: Opaque Digit Ratio Foreskin 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: pontificating brindle rigpig kitchen 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: Opaque Digit Ratio Foreskin 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: pontificating brindle rigpig kitchen (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: Odious sanctuary pistol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...#43974536) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:42 PM Author: Opaque Digit Ratio Foreskin 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: Sienna zombie-like athletic conference 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: Opaque Digit Ratio Foreskin 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: laughsome ruddy private investor heaven 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: Opaque Digit Ratio Foreskin 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) |