Terminology
I’m having one of those days. One of those days where I would really like to beat someone to death with a dictionary. This post is directed at a certain individual with whom I continually end up debating with over terminology. I don’t really care what people call things, but when someone implies that I am using the wrong word to refer to something, that really picks my ass. I grew up here. English is my native language. If I use a word that you are unfamiliar with, this does not automatically make you right.
- Dinner:
Dinner has always meant the evening meal for myself and pretty much every human being I have encountered until this year. If we are in fact referring to the midday meal, can we agree to call it lunch in order to save time and confusion? Referring to lunch as dinner, when everyone else in the building refers to it as lunch makes me want to choke you.
- Spatula:
Google it if you like. It is an inherently ambiguous term, sometimes referring to the utensil used to flip pancakes, and other times used to refer to the utensil used to scrape bowls. Neither usage is incorrect. Implying that this ambiguity is somehow an error on my part is utterly ridiculous, and makes me want to choke you all over again.
