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Goofy is, of course, right. The logical fallacy involved is the fallacy of equivocation. We're confusing simple negation with bad vs. good.
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'words referring to bad qualities can be negated too'(how do you mean this?)? Well, flinching has bad connotations, right? So it shouldn't be surprising that unflinching has good connotations.
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Unco was a common term back in the days when we were allowed to call each other names at school. It could mean anyone who was Uncoordinated, uncouth, uncool, uncooperative.
"Dude, that was so Unco".
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Unco is a Scots word:
Unco adjective, adverb, noun strange, unfamiliar; extremely; a marvel.
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