Monthly Archives: January 2014

Word of the Week: Decimate Monday Edition!

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Decimate.
Decimate is a VERY misused word. You hear people talk about how they decimated the competition.
“My strategy decimated his forces”.
Hearing this, you would assume that they destroyed most of the opponents forces. Well, you would be WRONG.

We use decimate as if it means to destroy most of something, but it actually means to destroy 1 tenth of something. That means the sentence says the same thing as:
“My strategy destroyed 10% of his forces.”

Now, this doesn’t mean that if you use decimate wrong people won’t understand you, it just means it’s commonly misused.

Did you enjoy this week’s Word of the Week? Why don’t you suggest next week’s word?

Winter Break

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Snowman in Okaimeden
Creative Commons License Photo Credit: Jodi via Compfight

I had an amazing winter break, one that I will never forget! First, my family and I went to Arizona for Christmas to visit my family. For some reason, I live in Texas, but a lot of my family lives in Arizona. Anyway, my cousin Sean and I had a I-haven’t-seen-you-in-a-year reunion. We spent a lot of time together and playing games.

I didn’t really know what I wanted for Christmas. There wasn’t really anything I wanted. I had a great Christmas anyway.

Afterwards, I left with my Dad to go to Florida! For the first part of the trip we stayed in Key Largo. We went on a few scuba dives while we were there. My Dad saw an octopus that constantly changed colors! I saw a few sharks!

After Key Largo, we went to Orlando to stay at the Universal Studios Orlando Resort. (USOR) Interestingly, the USOR has TWO parks: The Islands of Adventure and the USOR! We spent three days at the resort having a ton of fun. My favorite ride was the Revenge of the Mummy! It is a roller coaster that is underground!

Finally, after all that, after 2 weeks of vacation, we got home. It was nice to be home. I really enjoyed my winter break. Did you do anything over the break?