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[Antony Barry]

On 28/09/2007, at 11:42 AM, David Lochrin wrote:

>    Even worse, why do people use "decimate" when they mean "lose  
> many"?  I believe (best to be safe on Link) the word comes from the  
> Roman practice of killing 1 in 10 men in uncooperative villages.
>
>    And my favourite hate which seems to be becoming more widespread  
> "very unique" meaning "very unusual".

Mine is 'exponential' used in place of 'very large'.

Tony

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