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		eitland on Dec 18, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The war in Ukraine has decimated a once feared Rus... I have heard Icelandic does the same, but much more. I actually think it is good to replace old, weird words with newer, better and more precise ones. As long as the new ones are better that is.

aebtebeten on Dec 18, 2022 [–]

I agree with the sentiment, but in this case I find overmatch a new, weird word that is no more precise than dominate, and hence not better.

(Upon reflection, maybe it is more precise in that it flags "this is a specifically US military-industrial term of art"?)

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