My peeve for the day is the misuse of this word by reporters. Properly speaking, “decimate” means to kill one in ten. When reporters says we’ve “decimated” Republican Guard units, they’re off by 40 or 50 percent.
My peeve for the day is the misuse of this word by reporters. Properly speaking, “decimate” means to kill one in ten. When reporters says we’ve “decimated” Republican Guard units, they’re off by 40 or 50 percent.