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Old 05-17-2019, 08:02 PM   #32907
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Originally Posted by Hitch View Post
OH, NO NO NO NO NO. That's just effing wrong. I don't mind the somewhat normal evolution of language, but this constant bull with words suddenly meaning something completely opposite, as in "I could care less" is just wrong, wrong, wrong. WRONG. I will never use nonplussed to mean, unfazed. NOPE, NO NO.

Hitch
As I say, I've reported the "error" several times. I don't see why any respectable author would knowingly contribute to unnecessary confusion.

To be fair, some of the instances I've reported are translations, e.g. in Adler-Olsen's Dept, Q series, so more likely attributable to the translator than to the author.
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