Language is defined by the masses. We've lost "hacker" and "crypto" and "literally" and "decimated". (plus every political word I can think of, but do not care

Language is defined by the masses. We've lost "hacker" and "crypto" and "literally" and "decimated". (plus every political word I can think of, but do not care to introduce into this well-mannered thread) We will never get them back, so those of us who like words are stuck avoiding them, overclarifying our usage, and accepting that everyone else will use them incorrectly. Calling attention to ourselves as the losers of these battles isn't particularly productive.