If everyone uses something as an "x", doesn't that make it an "x"? The meaning of a word is determined by its usage. Perhaps we should ask why people use it t

If everyone uses something as an "x", doesn't that make it an "x"? The meaning of a word is determined by its usage. Perhaps we should ask why people use it that way, and what can be done to improve the situation, instead of arguing that the whole world is doing it wrong.