Dictionaries list the meaning of words
according to their most common usage. Not according to how I personally "like" to use them.
Dude....................................
I explained all this to you already. I addressed all this myself.
And I explicitly told you that the word
AS IT IS USED TODAY is relatively new.
None of this changes the fact that
the most common usage of the term today, is what it is. As the dictionary defines it.
You can argue about that all you like, but it's not like you will accomplish anything.
No, it's what the word means in english. It's also what the literal translation means in Europe.
I don't know about other continents.
But since on this forum we are speaking english......
That is not at all what I said.
Perhaps you should take a small dose of intellectual honesty.
Again not at all what I said. I wonder why you put it in between quotes. As if you are quoting me. Which is bizar, because I never said such a thing.
Once again, I find myself having to advice you to take a dose of intellectual honesty.
*I* don't think anything in particular about this. I'm just informing you of what the term's most common usage and meaning is TODAY.
I explicitly even informed you that dictionaries don't care about etymology of a word. A dictionary lists meanings of words
according to how they are most commonly used.
This is how the brand name "google" also became a verbe, btw. No "commission of the english language" decided that english needed a new verbe. Instead, PEOPLE started using it as a verbe and it catched on, and spread. To the point where it became part of everyday english. And
that's when it was taken up in the dictionary.
Dictionaries follow trends, they don't set them up.
I explicitly also told you that this process is how words
change in meaning.
Yes, 2 centuries ago, the word "creationist" had a LOT less baggage and thus a different meaning then it does today.
I don't see the point in using a word in an everyday conversation, how it was understood 500 years ago. It will only make sure that you are misunderstood. It will only sow confusion.
I have given you exactly zero anecdotes in the post you are replying to.
Instead, what I gave you, was a
dictionary definition of the word
I'm using the dictionary definition.
It is completely unclear what definition you are using.
If we do not restrict us to the common usage of terms as defined by dictionaries, that is fine as long as one is clear about it. Otherwise, we'll end up talking past eachother.
But the common usage is what it is, and you'll find it in the dictionary.
You can argue about it till you are blue in the face, it won't change the common usage and meaning of words.