The message
from "Franz Heymann" contains these words:

http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/decimate.html

Interesting.
I suppose it is futile to think that words may retain their
definitions when there are so many ignorant wordsmiths bandying them
about.

Some words may drift in their meanings, but others are set in stone:
when I want to learn what a word *REALLY* means, I reach for my Chambers
or my Collins.

IMO the Oxford panders too much to common usage, bolstering the slack
and the illiterate in their ignorance.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
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