Fatidicus :nv: on Nostr: It's kind of funny how decimate has gained a much more severe connotation than its ...
It's kind of funny how decimate has gained a much more severe connotation than its original meaning. Of course killing off 1/10th of a soldier unit is devastating but if a company gets 'decimated' people hardly think it means it lost 1/10th of its worth.
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