Quote Originally Posted by Lori Kurtz View Post
Unfortunately, it seems that this is really a matter of personal taste and preference. Nobody has the authority, like a king, or shall we say, a queen, to say this terminology is right or this terminology is wrong. The best we can do is respect each other's feelings while trying to be clear about what we mean when we use whatever words we use.
So if I call a stapler a banana that is fine as long I prefer that? Thus you need to respect my feelings that I think a stapler should be called a banana as long as I can be clear about what I mean when I use the words. So if I call the object that joins papers together with a small folded piece of metal, a long curved cylindrical yellow thing that we peel and inside is a whitish piece of edible fruit, then you are fine with that?

Like it or not, words have definitions, regardless of we feel about them and regardless of what we mean when we use them.

And it does not take a king or queen to define them. Generally all it takes is usage among the populace.