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		fratis on Jan 10, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Auto-antonym Further confusing the issue: inflammable means exactly the same thing as flammable.

pavel_lishin on Jan 10, 2013 | [–]

Ugh, what a country!

Such a nice day. I think I'll go out the window!

saraid216 on Jan 10, 2013 | [–]

Flammable was invented precisely because people assumed "inflammable" meant its opposite. At some point, language consistency becomes less important than random fires being started accidentally.

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