Just because words have changed meanings before doesn't mean we should give up! A world where we words mean whatever the speaker chooses to mean is a world where we comunicate poorly. I have no … (View Post)

Ha, yes, of course! And obviously we have verbs for quadruplicate, quintuplicate, etc. I shall endeavour to use one of these in the next week. I will report back. (View Post)

Can I also add 'quantum' to the list of misused terms? And also 'quantum leap'? (View Post)

'Literally' being used to mean 'not literally, but I just really mean this' - as in 'my mouth was literally on fire' is old hat now. But I first noticed the misuse that … (View Post)

There was a wonderful example during covid: a headline in the Telegraph saying that the British economy had been decimated, supported by a graph showing it had lost 9.97% of its value. I punched the … (View Post)