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From: colonel@gloria.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: words and their opposites
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Date: Fri, 7-Jun-85 12:22:31 EDT
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[If a lion could speak, it would not understand itself. --L.W.]

> How about words like "flammable/inflammable", or the fact that "fat
> chance" and "slim chance" mean effectively the same thing?
> 
> Glenn Reid

"Fat chance" is ironic, like "I could care less."
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Col. G. L. Sicherman
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