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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Pseudo Antonyms #168609 06/09/2007 3:11 PM Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 2 Preston stranger Preston stranger Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 2 So, I notice that "flammable" and "inflammable" mean the same thing, but "corrigible" and "incorrigible" are antonyms. Do you know of other pseudo-antonyms besides the flammable ones? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pseudo Antonyms Preston #168610 06/09/2007 3:43 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park ravel and unravel my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pseudo Antonyms of troy #168618 06/10/2007 6:46 PM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA dalehileman Pooh-Bah dalehileman Pooh-Bah Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 1,773 Apple Valley, CA, USA Please see contradictionary above Below, of course (see below) Last edited by dalehileman; 06/12/2007 1:57 PM. dalehileman Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pseudo Antonyms dalehileman #168621 06/10/2007 9:42 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park why? preston's thread is perfectly valid. and besides, your thread is now below, not above.. (unless you hold above means below..) my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Pseudo Antonyms of troy #168649 06/12/2007 2:51 PM Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 72 Land where ne'er-do-wells rule... Curuinor journeyman Curuinor journeyman Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 72 Land where ne'er-do-wells rule... Interesting. Two threads pop up, the authors of both insisting that any posters go to the other. Both on a mutually intelligible topic, too. I exist! I am a pedant! I have a foreboding signature! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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