nebula42@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 months agolanguage hot take rulelemmy.worldimagemessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down10
arrow-up1290arrow-down1imagelanguage hot take rulelemmy.worldnebula42@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 months agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months 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.