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Bernardo de La Paz

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4. Language is as language does. But that doesn't make it logical.

Reply to Celerity (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 26, 2025, 04:19 PM

Jun 26

Logical language leads to clearer thinking.

Cent: one hundredth of a dollar. Especially about money, it would be better to be logical.

Percent: per hundredths

Going counter to that is centipede which supposedly has one hundred legs (more like 30).

I expect centimillionaire will remain more common than hectamillionaire, but I am right even though I am wrong (language is as language does). I can accept that.

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When the Capitals of Capitalism Go Socialist [View all] Celerity Jun 26 OP

A centi-millionaire is worth about $10,000+. Term they want is hecta-millionaire: $100 million+ Bernardo de La Paz Jun 26 #1

centimillionaire: noun - one whose wealth is estimated at one hundred million (as of dollars or pounds) or more Celerity Jun 26 #3

Language is as language does. But that doesn't make it logical. Bernardo de La Paz Jun 26 #4

When wealth & income disparity is as bad as it is, leaders like Mamdani arise. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 26 #2