I'm pretty well convinced that the motivation for getting upset over the "wrong" use of this word is usually just a desire to claim special knowledge and feel s

I'm pretty well convinced that the motivation for getting upset over the "wrong" use of this word is usually just a desire to claim special knowledge and feel superior about being part of the elite group that knows the true meaning. It's disingenuous moaning about "confusion" while ignoring the fact that the rest of the world seems to get along just fine with the occasional word that has (gasp) more than one meaning.