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Words that have two meanings that are opposites: let's bash these TTTs
| high-end gay jew | 02/15/22 |
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Date: February 15th, 2022 9:16 PM Author: high-end gay jew 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: mischievous fear-inspiring turdskin dilemma 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: high-end gay jew 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 base partner 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: high-end gay jew 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 base partner 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: high-end gay jew 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: Greedy step-uncle's house 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: Bisexual Excitant Ape Scourge Upon The Earth 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: boyish field (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: high-end gay jew 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: Bright multi-colored incel theatre 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: high-end gay jew 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: gold native candlestick maker 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: 180 address 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: stirring hominid 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: overrated kitchen mood (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: high-end gay jew 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: Contagious Chad Hell 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: high-end gay jew 🤔🤔🤔 (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: stirring hominid 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: high-end gay jew 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: stirring hominid 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: high-end gay jew 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: stirring hominid (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: Soul-stirring base partner (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: Exciting tanning salon 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: high-end gay jew 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: Free-loading locale 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: high-end gay jew 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: Mustard thriller heaven 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: high-end gay jew 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) |