But I feel like that's kind of a dodge - you're absolutely right when you say changing the meanings arbitrarily (or possibly to achieve a weird sense of anthropomorphic dominance over it) harms communication, and should be avoided, unless the value of updating the sense of the word outweighs this.
It's also a useful way to establish a nonweird sense of dominance over my conversational partner.
Here's the new thread for posting quotes, with the usual rules: