Agreed, in general. I suppose the larger argument is "Who gets to decide what words mean?" Is it the case that because Merriam-Webster or the Oxford University

Agreed, in general. I suppose the larger argument is "Who gets to decide what words mean?" Is it the case that because Merriam-Webster or the Oxford University Press decide arbitrarily to change the meaning of a word that we all have to concede to that authority? Is there room for another dictionary forum to exist? At what point does language diverge into different dialects because of this phenomena?