I always have a problem (me-my problem, not the other party's) when ome missuses the language, written or spoken, to spin something around and says A --> means

I always have a problem (me-my problem, not the other party's) when ome missuses the language, written or spoken, to spin something around and says A --> means B, "because language is a living thing and meanings change" to suit their message, but not the truth. The parent message was flagged, thus I didn't have a chance to read it, but from the above comments and your comments I get it that. > English is not stagnant No it's not, but potato means potato, and cancer means cancer. How you read it or speak it is your thing. And one of Quality's definitions is: "compliance to specifications". I would like to believe that the audience here is mostly high quality audience, I have to admit that language barriers exist that would make some people seem less eloquent, but by your definition we'll end up having "Idiocracy" (what humour, food, health, etc. may become).