Thursday, June 25, 2009

Slight Shift In Word Usage

Oregonlive.com posted this Associated Press report about the death of Michael Jackson:

Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died today. He was 50.


Before Michael Jackson, "freakish" meant unbelievably improbable, as in "freakish weather." Now it means relating to or being a freak, where freak means a strange deviation from nature.

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