On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 18:48:40 -0600, graham > wrote:

> On 10/11/2016 5:21 PM, sf wrote:
> > On Tue, 11 Oct 2016 03:26:59 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> *I'm coming to terms with "decimate" being a synonym for "destroy" rather
> >> than "kill one in ten". When some talking head says "The town was
> >> decimated" my natural inclination is to say "Well, 90% of the town is
> >> fine."
> >
> > I hear decimate and think 90% destroyed.
> >
> >
> That's fine as long as the word "literally" is not appended as it so
> often is.

I think people have grown past that one, just as no one says “have a
nice day” anymore.


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