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Originally Posted by Neuromancer
Interesting stuff.
Hmm funny, I did not know that the word "decimate" changed. I thought it meant to reduce by 1/10th, I looked it up just now and that is considered obsolete. Guess I am really showing my age :S
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I'm with you Rich, I'm always pointing out how the word decimate is used incorrectly so often ?? How can they change the meaning of the word? Deca is ten (or it was).
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www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/decimate.html - CachedYou can usually get away with using “decimate” to mean “drastically reduce in numbers,” but you're taking a bigger risk when you use it to mean “utterly wipe out. ...
jeeez...