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NancyLebovitz comments on Open Thread, November 15-22, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: arundelo 22 November 2013 09:32:34AM 4 points [-]

This failure mode of saying the reverse of what was meant is called misnegation. Often it's accompanied by readers or listeners taking the intended meaning without noticing the mistake.