• intensely_human@lemm.ee
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    3 months ago

    Stomped?

    Meaning they won the contract by a large margin?

    Or meaning they sabotaged the competition’s entry?

    We should develop a culture of using precise language here. This headline is currently doublespeak because it means two different things at once.

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        3 months ago

        That would have been my bet on its meaning, but I hate when I can’t be sure, given how easy it is to make it clear.

        Thank you.

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      3 months ago

      I interpret the figurative use of the word “stomped” the same as I do for “wrecked” or “destroyed” or “annihilated”. Basically, ‘to beat easily/substantially’.

      Do you have any examples of cases where it has been used to imply underhand behaviours? (Obviously if a SpaceX employee literally stomped on a competitor’s prototype, that would be an example! But I assume that’s not what you mean.)