FatherSlippyfist t1_j9uplfs wrote
Reply to comment by mayasky76 in Boris Johnson calls on UK to 'break the ice' by sending fighter jets to Ukraine - and warns China against 'historic mistake' by R1ckCrypto
The meaning of words is given by usage. Lots of us know the origin of decimate, but it doesn't matter because that's not what it means anymore. If you look in Oxford, it says "kill, destroy, or remove a large percentage or part of".
It list the one in ten definition as "historical".
mayasky76 t1_j9uqwfk wrote
When you go to the doctor for an appendectomy you'd better hope some cunt hasn't been using it as a slang term for castration...
Also.. literally cannot mean exactly the opposite of figuratively which is how it gets commonly used.... thats not changing the meaning, its getting it fucking wrong
2+2 = Geoff hurst in the 1966 world cup kinda wrong.
Words HAVE to have a defined meaning or you just end up at green wallaby .
Get just the first thing that will still!
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