Real Life Adventures by Gary Wise and Lance Aldrich for October 07, 2014

From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition:

Usage Note: Historically, flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. However, the presence of the prefix in- has misled many people into assuming that inflammable means “not flammable” or “noncombustible.” The prefix in- in inflammable is not, however, the Latin negative prefix in-, which is related to the English un- and appears in such words as indecent and inglorious. Rather, this in- is an intensive prefix derived from the Latin preposition in. This prefix also appears in the word enflame. But many people are not aware of this derivation, and for clarity’s sake it is advisable to use only flammable to give warnings.

Now you know.

Either way consider yourself flamed ;-)

As George Carlin said, it comes down to a simple question: does it flam, or doesn’t it?

Annoying is a good word!

When holding newspaper be more flame-proof

Actually I didn’t know that, and I’m usually pretty good with words. Thanks for the info.

Why would we bother writing inflammable on stuff if it meant it won’t catch fire? To dare people to try?