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arrow-up1264arrow-down1external-linkTIL About the Jeju Massacre, where South Korean forces wiped out 10 percent of the island of Jeju for the crime of organizing a General Strikeen.wikipedia.orgcm0002@lemdro.id to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.caEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squarechloroken@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·12 hours agoSo few opportunities to use the word “decimate” literally. And now, one fewer.
minus-squareTenniswaffles@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down1·11 hours agoMost people don’t know the historical definition of decimate, so using here it would be confusing or redundant.
minus-squarechloroken@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoIt would be neither. It would be appropriate. Can you define the word redundant for me?
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 hour agoAsking for the term decimate would have been more appropriate here.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 hours agoI use it in a mortal combat voice whenever I eat a tenth of something and it always makes my husband laugh (somehow)
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoHow often do you eat a tenth of something?
minus-squareFurbag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 hours agoSeparate the whole thing into 10 equal sized pieces and then eat one of them?
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 hours agoA few times a month, maybe? A lot of things come in ten packs and the bakery I work at sells five rolls for a discount, so I’ll get two of those relatively frequently
So few opportunities to use the word “decimate” literally. And now, one fewer.
Most people don’t know the historical definition of decimate, so using here it would be confusing or redundant.
It would be neither. It would be appropriate.
Can you define the word redundant for me?
Asking for the term decimate would have been more appropriate here.
I use it in a mortal combat voice whenever I eat a tenth of something and it always makes my husband laugh (somehow)
How often do you eat a tenth of something?
Separate the whole thing into 10 equal sized pieces and then eat one of them?
A few times a month, maybe? A lot of things come in ten packs and the bakery I work at sells five rolls for a discount, so I’ll get two of those relatively frequently