[obmelvin]

Except, there has been a disclaimer for as long as I can remember that clearly states that incognito will not hide your activity from websites, your employer, or a gov agency. It has always been billed as a way to order a present without a shared user seeing that in the history.

[dockd]

A disclaimer is great, but like the prior post said, when you give something a name and then redefine the meaning of the name in a disclaimer, it feels dishonest.

The Honest* Browser *disclaimer: may lie

[obmelvin]

I do get what you are saying, and would agree that one should strive to use words as the dictionary indicates for clarity. But I also think that much product and marketing overloads terms and most of the time there isn't a clear definition. So, I hardly take issue with a case where there is a relatively direct contextual definition.

Also worth considering that dictionary definitions aside, things can mean different things to different people. As a silly example, we can consider the :) emoji. Apparently many young people think it is passive aggressive [0]. To me, it is just a smiley face. So, I'd argue contextual definitions are useful.

[0] - https://www.google.com/search?q=smiley+emoji+passive+aggress...