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On Sep 29, 2010, at 12:56 PM, Chris Barker wrote:
> :-) Don't get me started, Piers. How about "literally" for a word abused
> (almost) beyond usefulness?
>
> Chris
>
> On 29 Sep 2010, at 08:56, Piers Hemy wrote:
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>> Couldn't agree with you more, Chris - which isn't to say that there are not
>> plenty of examples of words which have lost their meaning. One that sticks
>> in my mind is "random", which currently seems to be used (inappropriately)
>> in all manner of non-statistical contexts. Another is "iconic", which seems
>> to be used to justify any news item about anything of popular interest
>> (which almost by definition excludes icons).
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