Recently, I came across the expression in the title and I really like this way of putting it. In “these trying economic times”, incidentally an expression which I hate, sacrifice has come to mean giving something up, rather than exchanging something to gain a better position, like in chess. That said, I sympathize with the [...]

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If words are corrupt, thinking is corrupted too. Hence, if you can change the meaning of an original word, you can change the way men think. I find this double-plus interesting. Recently, a new term has entered the field of personal finance: Sacrifice. Originally sacrifice means Giving something up to gain a better position. For [...]

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Savings can mean either A reduction in cost, that is, something was $50 off. Something that is put away, e.g., $50 was saved in bank account. There is a substantial difference between these two meanings: Suppose you have $50. You could Spend it on a $100 item that was $50 off for a savings of [...]

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