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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| Appetizing double fault legend | 02/15/22 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: Appetizing double fault legend 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: autistic address mental disorder Oversight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974433) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:18 PM Author: Appetizing double fault legend 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: titillating crackhouse 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...id#43974438) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:22 PM Author: Appetizing double fault legend 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: titillating crackhouse 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: Appetizing double fault legend 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: crystalline alcoholic base need julia here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974454) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:23 PM Author: Hairless salmon idea he suggested police squad inflammable (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974458) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:24 PM Author: Nubile cream nursing home depressive (dr. nick) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974466) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Appetizing double fault legend 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...id#43974475) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:24 PM Author: Mentally impaired pea-brained theater stage cleave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974462) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Appetizing double fault legend titc cleave (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974477) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:06 PM Author: pink glittery bawdyhouse that one was my contribution the last time we did this thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43978151) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:25 PM Author: zippy frisky hell half-breed so far oversight is the only one (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974468) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: cracking center Sanction (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974480) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: Adventurous buff shitlib market (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974481) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:28 PM Author: Appetizing double fault legend another good one! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974485) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:27 PM Author: Bipolar locus boiling water faggot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974482) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: Appetizing double fault legend 🤔🤔🤔 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974524) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:29 PM Author: cracking center Overlook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974492) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:31 PM Author: Appetizing double fault legend cr similar to oversight (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974509) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:30 PM Author: cracking center They're called contronyms btw, u can find huge lists (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974499) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:32 PM Author: Appetizing double fault legend 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...id#43974513) |
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Date: February 16th, 2022 3:04 PM Author: cracking center (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43978133) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:36 PM Author: titillating crackhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974536) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:33 PM Author: Frum talking resort science (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974519) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:42 PM Author: Appetizing double fault legend lol, fair (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974557) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: embarrassed to the bone place of business cavalier (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974525) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:43 PM Author: Appetizing double fault legend rly? what are the two meanings? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974559) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:35 PM Author: Transparent parlour moot (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5032956&forum_id=2...id#43974531) |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:44 PM Author: Appetizing double fault legend 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...id#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...id#49802525) |