[infool7]

But that was two thousand years ago. For better or worse, words evolve.

I run into the same problem with the words nice and democracy but

why would we want to understand what anyone is saying anyway?

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[Stosh]

Good point - when the distinction is consequential (like “democracy” versus “republic”), it’s worth going to the matt over (and I’ve done so on this forum); when it doesn’t matter that much, I’m not sure it’s worth the aggravation.

I put “decimate” in the latter category.