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May. 19, 2014
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\VUR-buh-sahyd\
noun
1. the willful distortion or depreciation of the original meaning of a word.
2. a person who willfully distorts the meaning of a word.
Quotes
Life and language are alike sacred. Homicide and ver... See full quote
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes, "The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table," The Atlantic Monthly, 1857
Origin
Verbicide joins a variant of the Latin verbum, meani... See full origin
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