When we use the verb spike, it means something has risen sharply, and then fallen. We sometimes misuse it to refer to an increase.
Similarly, dip means a decline followed by a rise, not just a decline.
Thanks, Wall Street Journal!
You’ve Been Using These Words Wrong, and You Didn’t Even Know It!
Posted by Jonathan Rick on Friday, August 05, 2016
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