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dragonwriter on Jan 23, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook may lose 80% of users by 2017, say Prince...

> Doesn't "decimation" mean FB would be left with only 10% of its present user base?

No, the literal meaning is removal of one-tenth. [1]

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimation_(Roman_army)

blisterpeanuts on Jan 23, 2014 [–]

True, but I think most people would interpret the word today as "destroy a large number of" (as per Merriam-Webster).

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