Random Word Post – frangible
@oneoveralpha (434)
Brookville, Pennsylvania
May 8, 2016 11:54am CST
I find a random word by flipping through my 2003 The New Webster’s Concise Dictionary and write a quick – often silly – little post about it.
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“frangible – Easily broken; fragile. From Latin frangere to break.”
So if you ever see a box marked “frangible,” don’t drop it. 
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@rina110383 (24492)
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8 May 16
This is a good read.
I've never seen a box with "FRANGIBLE" marked on it. Usually, I see the word FRAGILE.
Just wondering why is there a need for frangible if we already have fragile, the latter being the more common word. It might confuse some and they might drop the box.
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@rina110383 (24492)
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8 May 16
@rona07 Breakable items are tangible and at the same time fragile. They probably combined it and came up with frangible.
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