> you don't get to make up your own definitions It's a historical use still common in some contexts. I agree that being clear on the definitions being used is

> you don't get to make up your own definitions It's a historical use still common in some contexts. I agree that being clear on the definitions being used is important, including marking explicitly where definitions may be different from what the reader is familiar. But it's not a definition dragonwriter has simply invented. The Wikipedia page on middle class has more info.