So what words make you laugh/cry/whatever at their misuse changing their meaning? Slang need not apply. I used to rage at people/infotainment outlets using "decimate" when they meant "annihilate". I ...

To quote Inigo Montoya: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means” For decades, journalists, economists, politicians and central bankers have said that the U.S.

And hey, you have at least some leverage to correct such mistakes. I have to silently ignore them, as they are not core to my job. I only get to correct people when doing so is materially relevant to ...