bns, I agree with a lot of what you said, but I do disagree with that statement. I recognize that words slowly evolve as society changes and colloquialisms are adopted into the language, but I think it's important that words mean the same thing at the same time. That is, I think that "indoctrination" to me, now, should mean the same as it does to you right now. Many arguments are based on definitions of words, and I appreciate having a third party authority to describe that definition so that everyone is on the same page.

There are a lot of good words out there - why redefine words at whim? Imagine if the same principle were applied to grammar. Based off of colloquial usage, the sentence "wut r u doing 4 lunch" should be perfectly acceptable.

Completely off topic, but if you haven't read The Professor and the Madman, it's a good book to check out if you're interested in language.