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The art of paying the same and getting noticeably less.
means To lower something's status, quality, or rank, or the act of doing so.
from American railroad slang from the 1850s: a literal descending slope of track, where trains coasted downhill before the word rolled into figurative decline.
Railroad rootsOriginally the physical down-slope of a rail line.
Tech twistReverting software is a deliberate, sometimes wise, downgrade.
Hurricane useStorms get downgraded as wind speeds fall.