Why this word is great
VERBICIDE — [Noun] The deliberate distortion or destruction of the meaning of a word, or a person who commits such an act. From Latin verbum ("word") and -cide ("killing"). Unlike "neologism" (which births new meaning) or "archaism" (which lets words fade gently into obsolescence), verbicide is a violent act—a forced erasure, a twisting of language until it snaps. It is the hollowing of "literally" into its opposite, the reduction of "awesome" to mere approval, the slow suffocation of "love" under the weight of a thousand casual texts. Words, like people, can be murdered—not by silence, but by misuse.