Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?message-squaremessage-square541fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1178arrow-down1message-squareWhats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?Maven@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square541fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarerailway692@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 days agoDoes English have sufficiently scary words that are also etymologically correct? A population being halvsied just doesn’t hit the same, you know?
minus-squareHugin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·6 days agoBimate removal of half. Decimate comes from decimatus past participle of decimar removal of 1/10.
minus-squareWorx@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 days agoIf your military unit is getting bimated, make sure you say “bye, mate”
minus-squarepotoooooooo ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 days ago“Those guys split us right down the middle, then finished half of us off.”
Does English have sufficiently scary words that are also etymologically correct?
A population being halvsied just doesn’t hit the same, you know?
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”
“Those guys split us right down the middle, then finished half of us off.”
In battle, right?