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Originally Posted by HarryT
That's a little contradictory. An "order of magnitude" is a factor of ten. Selling "almost twice as much" is not a difference that is "orders of magnitude".
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I think language creep got to it.
Bit like decimation no longer means removal of a tenth.
They now seem to just mean "lots higher" and "lots lower".
Personally, I blame the internet
Although "terrific" was mangled way before then
