> > The second question was 'enormity'. The two choices were 'immensity' and 'wickedness'. However, those are _both_ valid definitions for the word 'enormity'.
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> Absolutely not. Dictionaries are picking up that definition because it's commonly mistakenly used, not because it's correct.
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How commonly must the definition be used before it becomes correct? M-W provided several examples of 'enormity' meaning 'immensity' and not 'wickedness'.


> "Enormity" is one of several words that did not evolve so much as get corrupted by those confusing it with "enormousness," which it never meant.
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How does one distinguish between 'evolution' and 'corruption' in the changing meanings of words?


> So the inclusion of that particular question in the Word Trivia category of Trivia Stampede was not happenstance -- rather, it was a small evangelical effort on my part to educate and dissuade people from using the word the wrong way.
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Well, without this additional explanation, I'm afraid it won't work. How about a section in the Trivia Stampede answer box for extra information? (Could be useful for other answers, too.) Otherwise people might make the same mistake I did, thinking that the answer was wrong.