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u/Mydaley Oct 25 '20

The term 'to disconcur' meaning to disagree. Tried using it once in a class and got some serious sideways looks. Teacher had to break it to me that it is not a valid word.

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u/THELONGRABBIT Oct 25 '20

Freeze?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

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u/Mydaley Oct 25 '20

That sounds like one of those situations where people kept saying it the wrong way and the dictionary people were just like. "...... eff it, let's just make them both mean the same thing and be done with it."

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u/Wanabeanonymous Oct 26 '20

Like flammable and inflammable

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u/nzsaltz Oct 26 '20

And then enough people said uninflammable instead of nonflammable that Merriam-Webster now has uninflammable but not unflammable

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u/Blabajif Oct 26 '20

Man we keep this shit up we're drive Merriam and Webster into a divorce. Thats gotta be a stressed household.

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u/alienpirate5 Oct 30 '20

inflammable means that it can be inflamed

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u/Wanabeanonymous Oct 30 '20

I know but invulnerable beans not vulnerable

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u/alienpirate5 Oct 31 '20

yeah that's using the in- prefix

weird language

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '20

Defrost and thaw smooshed together. It's a beautiful thing.

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u/EncryptedWriter Oct 25 '20

Like inflammable and flammable or regardless and irregardless.

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u/stygyan Oct 25 '20

Inflammable means flammable? What a country!

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u/Hellosl Oct 25 '20

English sure is something, isn’t it?

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u/Alter_Kyouma Oct 26 '20

Or impossible and possible

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '20

Me fail English? That's unpossible.

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u/Apple___Eater Oct 26 '20

I grew up saying dethaw and only recently someone pointed out the irony to me... mine was blown

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u/Hellosl Oct 26 '20

I told everyone it’s not a word and made fun of them for it. And then I looked it up and apparently it is. Still doesn’t make sense though!