Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?message-squaremessage-square547linkfedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1180arrow-down1message-squareWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square547linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerailway692@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 months 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-up7·7 months agoBimate removal of half. Decimate comes from decimatus past participle of decimar removal of 1/10.
minus-squareWorx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 months 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”