The problem I've got is that colloquially in my brain street and road are pretty interchangeable. The thing they're calling a "road" I would call a highway or

The problem I've got is that colloquially in my brain street and road are pretty interchangeable. The thing they're calling a "road" I would call a highway or a freeway, I'd happily call either a street or a highway a "road". So my brain gets stuck on the pam "they're the same picture" meme. And it doesn't matter how wikipedia defines them or whatever, nobody needs to bother pointing out their definitions, my point is that colloquially I certainly grew up using them completely interchangeably. So now you're stuck both re-educating me on words that I've used incorrectly for decades while introducing a brand new mashup word. Then you have to start teaching why the mashup word is useful. I'm perfectly fine to accept it and move on myself, but I think in the larger scheme of things this argument is going to land on some obstinate fucks who will just drag people into arguing that "streets are just roads, so the term stroad is stupid". And generally we're stuck in this country between people who enjoy precision and exactness and fairness in language and think its the foundation on which everything is built, and other people who don't see the importance. Since we both speak English we miss the fact that we're not talking the same language and attempts at persuasion aren't working at all.