! DECIMATE

[mik3cap]

Okay people. Please help me with this one. Even PBS's NOVA is wrong on it, and it's worrying me.

Decimate == REDUCE by ONE TENTH. To decimate something is to destroy ten percent of it.

People CONSTANTLY misuse this word. They should be using the word "devastate" instead.

DEVASTATE, not decimate.

You may now return to your previously scheduled program.

Comments

[treyvana.livejournal.com]

huh. You know, that never even occurred to me.

I shall correct it in my brain and try to use it only in appropriate situations.

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huh. You know, that never even occurred to me.

I shall correct it in my brain and try to use it only in appropriate situations.

<insert 'the more you know' star here>

:)

[saintentreri.livejournal.com]

[mikecap.livejournal.com]

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