[BelegStrongbow]

I’m hoping this is only part of the continuing Owellization of our language and not an intentional deification by an over-zealous sidegirl.

Not that Orwellization is anything good, of course.

[allmendream]

I read some Sci Fi (John Brunner IIRC) where an anthropologist spoke of the “emotional index” of the language being used in newscasts.

In other words he could tell when someone was trying to “wind his tail”.

Desecration must be pretty high on the “emotional index” within the lexicon.

Defacement is a much more accurate word.