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Originally Posted by issybird
And I accept that's your position. It's one I frequently take myself.
One example: Decimate does not mean devastate or destroy, it can only mean "reduce by a tenth." I do get your rage.
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I'll take one shot at your pet peeve since you took a shot at mine:
There are a lot of things that end up pretty devastated if you wipe out 10% of it.
Kill one out of 10 men in your army, and your army would feel pretty devastated.
Knock down every 10th building in NYC, and the city would be pretty devastated.
So, at least there is a logical reason why that word took on an extended meaning.
OK, we're even, truce.