Wow, we use the word “decimate” when talking about a 10% cut, and the we diminish the severity of all this other crazy stuff in the world. Wait, does decimate actually mean to remove 1/10th? Deci... hmmmhttps://twitter.com/cornjem/status/1219540707947569152 …
It means to reduce *to* 10%, but usually people often use it to mean to reduce to 0...
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Note to self: {usually, often}, pick one
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I like both. ;-)
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Right, but in this case there is only a 10% cut in workforce. Not 90%. The headline is disingenuous.
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Yes, I thought it was interesting the misuse is in the opposite direction to usual... ;)
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