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[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 26 points 6 months ago

I love this! The linguaphile pedant in me seethes every time someone uses the modern definition of decimation and it sometimes takes physical effort not to be THAT guy about it 😅

[-] wandermind@sopuli.xyz 12 points 6 months ago

This is called the etymological fallacy

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

Nah, I know that the common usage is by definition also correct, but that doesn't mean I have to like it any more than "literally" also meaning "figuratively" now.