[ternaryoperator]

That's how languages evolve. Words that meant one very distinct thing come to mean something only partially like the original. People decry the misuse. And finally the new meaning becomes the one true meaning and the original sense is marked in dictionaries as "archaic."

For a word that's gone through that exact cycle, have a stare at "artificial," which was the adjective for "artifice," which at one time meant craftsmanship. When St. Paul's Cathedral was first shown to King Charles II, he praised it for being "very artificial" -- a compliment. [1]

In the meantime, I agree that it can be frustrating to see words apparently misused. But I think this is hardly the mark of an "idiot," as you put it.

[1] https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/10/31/st-pauls-cathedral/