If disgruntled mean you're UNHAPPY.

[SoCalDem]

are you "gruntled" if you are happy???

[DagmarK]

1. It means you are a GRUNT who has been DISSED.......

and oftentimes use LED firepower to resolve it. (for Post Office grunts, that is)

[SOteric]

2. If 'flammable' means "catches fire easily," why does

'inflammable' mean "catches fire easily?"

[short bus president]

3. I always thought

"inflammable" was the correct term, and "flammable" was a non-word invented to help stupid Americans not get burned.

There appears to be no root for "flammable" corresponding to "to inflame" at the root of "inflammable." I guess "to flame" could be argued, but that's a weird and probably grammatically incorrect usage of the word as a verb (modern web usage excepted).

[SOteric]

6. Notsomuch, Oh Bergerbilding One.

flamma·ble n.
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.

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

[ForrestGump]

4. Does 'invaluable' mean

worthless?

Or is that 'priceless'?

Always gets me when I hear ads that say that "nothing is worth more" (or "nothing cleans better than," or "nothing tastes better than," or whatever) - guess I'll take nothing then, thanks.

[short bus president]

5. ah, no one

posts as worthy a comment as Forrest.

;-)

[SOteric]

7. Along that line, - how did

'incredible' grow to suggest a compliment when, if you think about it, it's anything but.