Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?message-squaremessage-square373fedilinkarrow-up1132arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1131arrow-down1message-squareWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square373fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerailway692@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 day agoDoes English have sufficiently scary words that are also etymologically correct? A population being halvsied just doesn’t hit the same, you know?
minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·15 hours ago“Those guys split us right down the middle, then finished half of us off.”
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·23 hours agoBimate removal of half. Decimate comes from decimatus past participle of decimar removal of 1/10.
minus-squareWorx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·20 hours 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?
“Those guys split us right down the middle, then finished half of us off.”
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”