Best Buy Chief: iPad Cannibalizes Laptop Sales by 50%

Best Buy Chief: iPad Cannibalizes Laptop Sales by 50%, article.

It seems that just like "literally" and "orange juice"*, now 'cannibalize' is being used wrongly so often that it will eventually change the dictionary definition, which is very sad, because it's a useful word.
People should only say "cannibalize" when a product is stealing sales from the same company. You would think the word would hint at it, since a cannibal is one who eats his own species.

Anyway, this article is very interesting. It seems that the shift away from PC/Macs/laptop machines may happen sooner than we imagined!


*Many use the word "literally" as if it means "practically" ("my dad literally hit the roof when I said I was pregnant"), and "orange juice" as if it means "any orange-colored drink".