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How can a word be its own opposite? (streamable.com)
submitted 1 year ago by Deykun@kbin.social to c/linguistics@kbin.social
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A source: https://twitter.com/qikipedia/status/1712857499995357472
An episode: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09j0h8z/qi-series-o-7-opposites?seriesId=b00ttsl6

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[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are we talking about, "inflammable?"

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Non-flammable. sadly

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Slightly archaic - but 'cleave' also fits the biil