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Ok, now that we established that "trophy wife" does not mean "not intelligent", what do we say about people who make that incorrect assumption? In particular,

• larrys 13y ago
  "what do we say about people who make that incorrect assumption?" Is it an incorrect assumption if people are simply using what they have learned from others over time as far as what the word appears to mean? In other words if you think that a "PC" is an IBM PC even though a Mac is a "PC" isn't that ok? I say the ubiquitous definition is such that there is very little you will be able to do to change that. What we are talking about is defacto vs. dejure. Dejure you are right. Defacto though seems to indicate "such people" are right.