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This misusage is now ubiquitous in reporting about the novel coronavirus outbreak in China, but the media have been abusing it for decades in all manner of contexts.

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Because it contains opioid fentanyl, misusage can lead to death by overdose.

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Because it contains opioid fentanyl, misusage can lead to death by overdose.

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And if enough people misuse a term for long enough, the misusage becomes usage.

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There was nothing new in such misusage.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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