We Get Happiness Wrong
It is not the prize to chase after
I am interested in words, what they mean, and what we think they mean. Don’t worry, I am not one who protests over the slightest deviation from the official dictionary offering of whatever term. People like that exist, in case you have never encountered one. Have you found yourself in a situation where the vocabulary police correct something you have said?
It is quite the opposite with me, actually. It is much more important to examine real-world interpretations of words than worrying precisely what a word is supposed to represent. Those people who call the shots on dictionaries have to attune their works to the whims and trends of the populace. Therefore, meanings exist prior to definitions instead of the other way around.
People determine how words are used.