this may seem like a stupid question but...

[BuRn7 CaK3]

What word best describes ~> "To say one thing but mean another?"

[punk-picasso]

um... y?

[punk-picasso]

sarcasm

[BuRn7 CaK3]

because i want to know. That's Why.

[jrcronlakers]

What word best describes ~> "To say one thing but mean another?"
Politician

[BuRn7 CaK3]

*smacks head*

noooooooooooo.

A General word. Not Politician. hell, i knew that one.

[a21schizoidman]

innuendo?

[TheDeacon_Reloaded]

What word best describes ~> "To say one thing but mean another?"

You're absolutely right. It IS indeed a stupid question and it's both my duty and my pleasure to inform you of this fact.

And I'm not being sarcastic, either.

Based on this thread's level of stupidity, I could probably guess your gender, age and favorite band.

[gmarsh]

Politician

Lol ya got that right

[a21schizoidman]

similie
or
Freudian slip

[BuRn7 CaK3]

no there is an actual word for it, but i cannot think of it.


Based on this thread's level of stupidity, I could probably guess your gender, age and favorite band.

Bring it on, lets see who's right.

[Tinykoko]

I know the word too, and it's driving me crazy now..

I want to say Irony but I dont think thats what youre looking for.

[Aragha]

Double entendra(sp?)?

[athenahollow]

There's been like 7 valid replies thus far.... why do you need it to be a specific one? Are we helping you cheat on a school crossword or something?

[Russian313373]

Irony, sarcasm, etc.

[citric_bullets]

Double entendre?

Fixed that for ya. I don't know if that's the answer, but that's the way it's spelled.

[BuRn7 CaK3]

There's been like 7 valid replies thus far.... why do you need it to be a specific one? Are we helping you cheat on a school crossword or something?

No, There is a word for that line.... i cannot think of it. i knew it at one point, but now i forgot.

[Aragha]

Irony, sarcasm, etc.

Irony...?

Did you happen to fail the vocab quiz that was on?

[CycoMiko138]

What word best describes ~> "To say one thing but mean another?"
I'd call it lying (http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/lying), but it depends upon the context.:D

[Ben-Jammin]

You're right. That is a stupid question.

[jrcronlakers]

Its not irony which is to have something that you want happen but when you get it it was not that great. Example queen as DLC if you have been keeping up, or sarcasm which is more like agreeing with something or supporting it but actually you don't and you are kind of saying it jokingly. Well kind of. and Freudian slip is like when you accidentally let something out about something even though you act like you would never like or do but deep down you subconsciously like it. For instance you are talking about a band or game or what ever and you always rag on it and you accidentally talk good about it. It is said that this is actually your true feelings about it and you have just been denying it. Try hypocrisy or contradictory.

[Alright_Computer]

Reverse psychology?

(this better be it)

[BuRn7 CaK3]

Try hypocrisy or contradictory.

If it is Hypocrite , then i'm thinking exactly.


Cause i know being Arrogant means acting like you are better than everyone.

and being Ignorant means to claim to know something when you really don't know nothing about it.

[Russian313373]

Irony...?

Did you happen to fail the vocab quiz that was on?

OI

you fail to fix the q key!

[TheDeacon_Reloaded]

no there is an actual word for it, but i cannot think of it.



Bring it on, lets see who's right.

16 year old girl, brown hair. Probably wants one of those ridiculous eyebrow piercings and uses a telephone to send typed messages.

If I'm wrong by more than two years, God help you.

[TheDeacon_Reloaded]

Oh. And since you're unable to read a book or check a thesaurus, the correct answer to your question depends on the context.

Depending on the context in which it is used, what you described could be:

Euphemism
Etymology
Dysphemism
Hyperbole
Metaphoric
Ironic
Freudian slip
Sarcastic
Double entendre
Simile
...and several others.

I love being smarter than other people.

[zack10house]

Oh. And since you're unable to read a book or check a thesaurus, the correct answer to your question depends on the context.

Depending on the context in which it is used, what you described could be:

Euphemism
Etymology
Dysphemism
Hyperbole
Metaphoric
Ironic
Freudian slip
Sarcastic
Double entendre
Simile
...and several others.

I love being smarter than other people.


Etymology? does that word have some second meaning I'm unaware of? Unless I'm just completely wrong about the definition, that one doesn't fit the bill at all. That's the study of the history of a word


also, what about Equivocation?

[TheDeacon_Reloaded]

It does. In fact, it fits better than any word on that list. Etymology is the study of how language changes over time and how one word can eventually come to mean something completely different than its original definition - such as how a 'f a g' is a cigarette in Great Britain and a derrogatory word for a homosexual in the states.

Etymology also includes slang, such as how the word 'bad' meant 'good' in the 80's and how horny could mean having many horns or sexually aroused.

'Poontang' from 'pudding tang - ask me again and I'll tell you the same'
The middle finger originally being a war taunt when raised by itself
An automobiles 'Boot' or 'trunk'
Why a bathroom is called a bathroom when there is no bath inside (although that would be a euphemism, a euphemism is a form of etymology).

Now that I think of it, etymology fits the bill best and should be considered the correct answer to the OP's question.

[zack10house]

It does. In fact, it fits better than any word on that list. Etymology is the study of how language changes over time and how one word can eventually come to mean something completely different than its original definition - such as how a 'f a g' is a cigarette in Great Britain and a derrogatory word for a homosexual in the states.

Etymology also includes slang, such as how the word 'bad' meant 'good' in the 80's and how horny could mean having many horns or sexually aroused.

'Poontang' from 'pudding tang - ask me again and I'll tell you the same'
The middle finger originally being a war taunt when raised by itself
An automobiles 'Boot' or 'trunk'
Why a bathroom is called a bathroom when there is no bath inside (although that would be a euphemism, a euphemism is a form of etymology).

Now that I think of it, etymology fits the bill best and should be considered the correct answer to the OP's question.


ah, well then in that case I agree, this is it

[CycoMiko138]

Hey, BC...have you considered that what you're talking about and what you're thinking about might be two different things? If that's the case, then there is a word for that...misconception. How ironic would that be?:D

[rgdrafting]

Hmmm...."saying one thing, but meaning something else".....

This sounds an awful lot like something my wife would do -- I believe the word you are looking for is Amanda.

[zack10house]

Hmmm...."saying one thing, but meaning something else".....

This sounds an awful lot like something my wife would do -- I believe the word you are looking for is Amanda.

/thread

[BStu78]

What word best describes ~> "To say one thing but mean another?"

No word. It all depends on context. "Sarcasm" might technically fit, but that's a specific scenario where the meaning is also clear to the audience. "Duplicitous" might work if you mean it in the sense of deception. So would a lot of other words all with subtle colors changing the way people respond. There is no one word to define such a broad concept.