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I am not saying people are dumb for using the word, just that it is impercise, and there are better words, such as Armageddon, cataclysm, and holocaust. (The la
by TEP_Kim_Il_Sung 4y ago
I am not saying people are dumb for using the word, just that it is impercise, and there are better words, such as Armageddon, cataclysm, and holocaust. (The latter being specifically destruction by fire)
- avgcorrection 4y agoApocalypse/Armageddon mean the same thing in normal talk. It doesn’t matter that one of them comes from “Mount of Megiddo”. If you want to be “smart” in your communication, being etymologically precise might not be what you want to do. If you use lower-h holocaust to describe nuclear <word for the end of the world as we know it> you are just inviting derailment of the conversation.