Here are some instances of inaccurate/misleading language usage.
“Covid 19 loves excuses.”
Covid 19 is incapable of such things. I know it is just a way to say things in a colorful manner. Do that enough and you get the wrong meaning.
“Glade fights tough odours.”
Glade can’t fight (we have begun to use the word fight everywhere…it apparently no longer means fight).
“Oregon has length.”
This refers to the University of Oregon basketball team. They were trying to say the the players were tall. The misuse is obvious.
The real question is whether the violation of the standard meaning of a term creates meanings that better convey the speaker’s intention or do we lose precision and accuracy in the long run.
