8 ms·People use the word monopoly very casually and rhetorically, but never correctly.by andrewljohnson 16y agoPeople use the word monopoly very casually and rhetorically, but never correctly.lacker 16y agoI blame the board game Monopoly. You get Board Walk and Park Place, and they call it a monopoly. Linguistic injustice!panacea 16y agoSurely there's room to redefine the 'pure' definition of monopoly to include relative hegemony. No? Well that's how it's being used.