[Strom]

Words are tricky. They don't have one true definition. What's accurate for one, may not be for another. Words have multiple, sometimes incompatible meanings, depending on context of discussion and participants. It's not really about completely random meanings that differ from person to person, but more about slightly different meanings that differ from culture group to culture group.

I see more and more that people attempt to devalue & derail statements made by others by making an offensive remark about semantics, instead of attempting to understand what was said.

It would be convenient if everybody used a single definition book for every word, however we don't live in such a reality. A "semantic nazi" is a person who goes around and tries to convert everyone to use their culture group's definition book. [1]

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[1] I want to be clear that in this specific case the "render" definition extension was pointed out in a respectable manner and I wouldn't pin the nazi name on them for it.