Both words, flammable and inflammable, mean the same thing - something that easily burns. The confusion comes into the picture because we usually use the Latin prefix "in' to mean "not" or to negate something. Consider the words inconsistent (not consistent), intolerable (not tolerable), invisible (not visible), or indirect (not direct). In case of inflammable, the in- (also od Latin origin) is used as an intensive prefix and means "to be able to". In other words, it is used as "inflame + able."



Because of the great need to be perfectly clear regarding flammable material, the terms "highly flammable" and "nonflammable" are typically used.

LOL interesting.
was just wondering why it's so weird..


anyway, just another random question..
why so police around the world use blue and red blinkers on their vehicles??
anybody knows the answer?