Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?message-squaremessage-square216fedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up176arrow-down1message-squareWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square216fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerailway692@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·13 hours agoDoes English have sufficiently scary words that are also etymologically correct? A population being halvsied just doesn’t hit the same, you know?
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 hours agoBimate removal of half. Decimate comes from decimatus past participle of decimar removal of 1/10.
minus-squareWorx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoIf your military unit is getting bimated, make sure you say “bye, mate”
Does English have sufficiently scary words that are also etymologically correct?
A population being halvsied just doesn’t hit the same, you know?
Bimate removal of half.
Decimate comes from decimatus past participle of decimar removal of 1/10.
If your military unit is getting bimated, make sure you say “bye, mate”