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Re:A liar who always lies says "All my hats are green." by dllthomas on Monday December 09, 2024 @10:34AM (#42367140)
The specific linguistic concept your reaching for is "implicature" from pragmatics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicature

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Re:A liar who always lies says "All my hats are green." by axus on Monday December 09, 2024 @11:24AM (#42367628)
Ah yes, the only standardized test questions that gave me trouble back in school... "Guess what the speaker was implying"
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