Child abuse ?

[Annik]

Not this again. Dictionaries list the meanings of words. Just because some people don't like to use the conventional meaning of words does not make dictionaries less valid. In fact, it is this very odd word anarchy that so often makes communication in the English language so utterly exasperating. If we all run around interpreting and using words as we see fit, communicating becomes less communicating and more grunting meaningless sounds at each other. I've seen and had conversations that wasted minutes to hours when in the end of that time period someone said, "Oh, we agree. We just have different definitions." Happened to me and Tibs the other day. Can't fucking remember what the word was.

I'm just saying that the dictionaries are the end-all be-all of words. They report usage, which is why they change every year. So, no one "decides" what the definition of "knowledge" is. It's decided by the people who speak that language.