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It's not a tech term, although many techies would dance for joy if it happened to certain unnamed companies repeatedly, but the mass moron meaning of decimate is roughly the opposite of the latin meaning.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius
Dan Neely wrote:
the mass moron meaning of decimate is roughly the opposite of the latin meaning
Too right. Not that losing 1 in 10 men in your legion is a picnic.
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