“Exterminate! Exterminate” ~ Every Dalek Ever

On the subject of the destruction – nay! extermination! – of meaningful communication, this sidebar:

More and more often I find myself baffled by the precipitous pejoration of “decimate” used to imply utter and complete destruction instead of the former pejoration implying destruction of a large part of [whatever]. What useful purpose does it serve to utterly destroy a formerly useful sense of a word? It’s almost as bad as Dhimmicraps harping on “democracy” when they mean “tyranny by means of vote fraud.”

3 Replies to ““Exterminate! Exterminate” ~ Every Dalek Ever”

  1. “Destroy one in ten” just doesn’t have that same ring to it.

    On the other hand, defenestrate is way cool. Now if only I had an open window high enough to toss a certain “republican” senator from my state out of.

    1. Apparently, soon to not even be a DIABLO/RIMO (Dhimmicrap In All But Label Only). I have read that he is renouncing the ideals he has never actually held.

    2. Heck, even the lexicographical acceptance of “destruction of a large part of” for “decimate” isn’t bad enough for the “eeejits” who misuse it to mean “utterly destroy,” In fact, I have seen the maggot-gagging misuse, “utterly decimate.” *smh*

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