nebula42@lemmy.world to 196 · 1 year agolanguage hot take rulelemmy.worldimagemessage-square89fedilinkarrow-up1290
arrow-up1290imagelanguage hot take rulelemmy.worldnebula42@lemmy.world to 196 · 1 year agomessage-square89fedilink
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_kinglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoInflammable has always meant able to inflame. I would say it coming to mean “not flammable” would be the evolution of language here because people conflate it with the other in- prefix.
Inflammable has always meant able to inflame.
I would say it coming to mean “not flammable” would be the evolution of language here because people conflate it with the other in- prefix.