yes, the author of the prophetic Animal Farm hits the nail square and deeply. After reading the following quote from him, I realized that I really do have to break it off with the OED and just remain friends:
"A man may take to drink because he feels himself a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of the language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts"
We are living in a fallen world...
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