In “The Princess Bride,” Vizzini (Wallace Shawn) repeatedly expresses shock at the actions of Dread Pirate Roberts (Cary Elwes) by saying “inconceivable” — until Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin) tells him, “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
I was reminded of that scene yesterday when Apple issued a small iOS software update for iPhones that came with this explanation:
Apparently, “deleted” doesn’t mean what I thought it meant.