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Words/Phrases that People Use but Shouldn't
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RE: Words/Phrases that People Use but Shouldn't
January 19, 2026 at 2:10 pm
(January 19, 2026 at 1:44 pm)Paleophyte Wrote: Decimate.

I get that people are going to misuse this a lot when they just mean "killed a whole lot" and that doesn't really bother me. When they start saying that "the latest snow storm totally decimated Toronto" it has lost all meaning.



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Words/Phrases that People Use but Shouldn't

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Words/Phrases that People Use but Shouldn't - by AFTT47 - January 15, 2026 at 1:33 am
RE: Words/Phrases that People Use but Shouldn't - by emjay - January 15, 2026 at 8:29 am
RE: Words/Phrases that People Use but Shouldn't - by emjay - January 15, 2026 at 12:22 pm
RE: Words/Phrases that People Use but Shouldn't - by Angrboda - January 15, 2026 at 10:51 am
RE: Words/Phrases that People Use but Shouldn't - by Nanny - January 18, 2026 at 12:27 pm
RE: Words/Phrases that People Use but Shouldn't - by AFTT47 - January 19, 2026 at 1:08 pm
RE: Words/Phrases that People Use but Shouldn't - by Thumpalumpacus - January 19, 2026 at 2:10 pm

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