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Topic	What's that thing you care about that no one else does?
Sariana21 08/24/23 10:25:16 AM #35:	Using decimated as a substitute for devastated. The former has a meaning based on its root deci- and there already were perfectly good words for completely destroyed. So why swap in a word that originally meant reduced by one-tenth? I mean, Lahaina wishes it were only decimated rather than completely devastated. --- ___ Sari, Mom to DS (07/04) and DD (01/08); Pronouns: she/her/hers <cite>Sariana21 posted [p:975633370] in What's tha... [t:80544890]...</cite> <quote>Using decimated as a substitute for devastated. The former has a meaning based on its root deci- and there already were perfectly good words for completely destroyed. So why swap in a word that originally meant reduced by one-tenth? I mean, Lahaina wishes it were only decimated rather than completely devastated. --- ___Sari, Mom to DS (07/04) and DD (01/08); Pronouns: she/her/hers</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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