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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| charismatic sick field turdskin | 02/15/22 |
| angry candlestick maker | 02/15/22 |
| charismatic sick field turdskin | 02/15/22 |
| Haunting Fortuitous Meteor | 02/15/22 |
| charismatic sick field turdskin | 02/15/22 |
| Haunting Fortuitous Meteor | 02/15/22 |
| charismatic sick field turdskin | 02/15/22 |
| floppy ticket booth goyim | 02/15/22 |
| Awkward roommate | 02/15/22 |
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| charismatic sick field turdskin | 02/15/22 |
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| charismatic sick field turdskin | 02/15/22 |
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| vermilion hateful sanctuary faggot firefighter | 02/15/22 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: charismatic sick field turdskin 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: angry candlestick maker 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: charismatic sick field turdskin 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: Haunting Fortuitous Meteor 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: charismatic sick field turdskin 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: Haunting Fortuitous Meteor 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: charismatic sick field turdskin 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: floppy ticket booth goyim 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: Awkward roommate 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: Stimulating people who are hurt base (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: charismatic sick field turdskin 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: rough-skinned at-the-ready crackhouse 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: charismatic sick field turdskin 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: exciting orchid locus dopamine 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: Rusted hot haunted graveyard pistol 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: razzle set 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: 180 garrison mexican (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: charismatic sick field turdskin 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: Buff seedy toaster coffee pot 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: charismatic sick field turdskin 🤔🤔🤔 (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: razzle set 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: charismatic sick field turdskin 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: razzle set 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: charismatic sick field turdskin 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: razzle set (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: Haunting Fortuitous Meteor (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: Deranged brindle den 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: charismatic sick field turdskin 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: vermilion hateful sanctuary faggot firefighter 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: charismatic sick field turdskin 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: french state 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: charismatic sick field turdskin 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) |