…is baked into the fucking word. People use it these days as a synonym for “nearly destroyed,” which makes as little sense as assigning that same meaning to “halved.”
uncordially,
uncordially,
When you google: ["decimation" means 10% died? 10% lived?]
- (Ashton)
- (11)
- May 13, 2020, 08:22:01 PM EDT
Well, there is the Roman Army definition.
- (a6l6e6x)
- May 13, 2020, 09:20:00 PM EDT
I'm sure there is a name for words like that.
- (static)
- (7)
- May 14, 2020, 04:36:08 AM EDT
Actually there are two
- (malraux)
- (3)
- May 14, 2020, 10:13:01 AM EDT
No controversy.
- (mmoffitt)
- (2)
- May 14, 2020, 12:51:41 PM EDT
Read Wade's subject again
- (malraux)
- (1)
- May 14, 2020, 12:56:11 PM EDT
Mea Culpa. ;0)
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- May 14, 2020, 12:59:15 PM EDT
Contranyms
- (drook)
- (2)
- May 14, 2020, 10:59:34 AM EDT
Excellent! ..but fatal.
- (Ashton)
- May 14, 2020, 03:24:46 PM EDT
That's the bunny! Thank you!
-NT
- (static)
- May 17, 2020, 04:28:33 AM EDT
The meaning of “decimation”
- (rcareaga)
- (1)
- May 19, 2020, 06:50:41 PM EDT
Less sense than for halved.
- (Andrew Grygus)
- May 19, 2020, 08:10:16 PM EDT
