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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 1:08 pm
Fail as a noun.

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RE: Words/Phrases that People Use but Shouldn't
January 19, 2026 at 1:44 pm
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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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.



Ignorance of the King's English is spread throughout the Anglophone world. Smile

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RE: Words/Phrases that People Use but Shouldn't
January 19, 2026 at 2:25 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.



If Toronto were ever to be truly decimated, it would make headlines ‘round the world.

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RE: Words/Phrases that People Use but Shouldn't
January 19, 2026 at 2:26 pm
(January 19, 2026 at 2:10 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:
(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.



Ignorance of the King's English is spread throughout the Anglophone world. Smile

‘My well of English has been permanently defiled.’ - Sherlock Holmes

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