Irritable Liquid?

Found on the side of an AM-PM convenience store today:

Sign on door: Irritable Liquid

That’s one cranky glass of water.

Or maybe Odo?

My best guess is that they were trying to say something like “inflammable,” decided it wouldn’t fit, and misused a thesaurus.

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2 Responses to Irritable Liquid?

  1. Craig says:

    More likely the liquid will irritate the eyes or skin. It’s a pretty common thing to find on an MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) for a lot of products, cleaning supplies especially.

  2. Kelson says:

    In that case, shouldn’t it be an irritating liquid? Calling the liquid irritable makes it sound like people are going to be irritating the liquid, not the other way around.

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