▲ 9 ▼ is there a term for words such as inflammable? (aussie.zone) submitted 2 years ago* by Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 5 comments fedilink hide all child comments Words that mean the exact opposite of how they sound. Extralegal: not legal Inflammable: able to be set a flame. Do you have any other suggestions?
[–] DirigibleProtein@aussie.zone 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Don’t “inflammable” and “flammable” mean the same thing? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone [S] 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, but Inflammable sounds like it isn't flammable permalink fedilink source parent [–] burliman@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago I was about to argue with you and toss out a bunch of ad hominems on you, but then I looked it up and by golly you’re right. I’m one of the 10,000 today it seems. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone [S] 4 points 2 years ago Yeah, but Inflammable sounds like it isn't flammable permalink fedilink source parent
[–] burliman@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago I was about to argue with you and toss out a bunch of ad hominems on you, but then I looked it up and by golly you’re right. I’m one of the 10,000 today it seems. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Not sure, but another example is "irregardless" permalink fedilink source
[–] jak@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago Shelled and unshelled mean the same thing, same with pitted and unpitted permalink fedilink source
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