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kleinbl00  ·  2804 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Teaching is Fulfilling: what TFG's been up to #3

To the best of my knowledge, English is the only language where "inflammable" meant "can catch fire" but fifty years later, meant "cannot catch fire" because of colloquial use.

Mark my words. Fifty years from now, "literally" will mean "figuratively."