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I love this! The linguaphile pedant in me seethes every time someone uses the modern definition of decimation and it sometimes takes physical effort not to be THAT guy about it 😅
Nah, I know that the common usage is by definition also correct, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it any more than “literally” also meaning “figuratively” now.
I love this! The linguaphile pedant in me seethes every time someone uses the modern definition of decimation and it sometimes takes physical effort not to be THAT guy about it 😅
This is called the etymological fallacy
Nah, I know that the common usage is by definition also correct, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it any more than “literally” also meaning “figuratively” now.