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To: Scoutmaster

“Apocalypse”—which means disclosure—is frequently misused on this board. There ought to be plug-in that replaces it with “calamity.”


4 posted on 04/23/2014 7:11:39 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: Fiji Hill
“Apocalypse”—which means disclosure—is frequently misused on this board.

Nope. The Greek word from which the English word is derived means disclosure or uncovering.

The English word has a very different meaning.

a·poc·a·lypse: noun

1. the complete final destruction of the world, especially as described in the biblical book of Revelation.

2. an event involving destruction or damage on an awesome or catastrophic scale. "a stock market apocalypse"

8 posted on 04/23/2014 7:31:30 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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