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Related: "flammable" and "inflammable". Either means that the object in question can be set on fire. The second word is an abomination that should never, ever,
by yakiv 14y ago
Related: "flammable" and "inflammable". Either means that the object in question can be set on fire. The second word is an abomination that should never, ever, ever appear on warning labels. However minor an abomination it may be, it is an abomination all the same.
- tbrownaw 14y agoI'd always though that "flammable" means "not hard to set on fire" while "inflammable" is closer to "really, extremely, absurdly easy to set on fire".
- yakiv 14y agoFrom dictionary.com: flammable: "easily set on fire; combustible; inflammable." inflammable: "capable of being set on fire; combustible; flammable." [Standard boilerplate about dictionaries being imperfect reflections of what words actually mean.] [Perhaps less-standard boilerplate about how words can mean different things in different places.] Whatever the nuances are, "inflammable" doesn't mean "fireproof", which is my main point.
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