re: Dear Dictionary, could you please define pithy?

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Not subjective to the point that Webster and Oxford are wrong. Those two sources are universally accepted as standard in the English speaking world. In other words, I can dig "This word means this in addition to its dictionary definition." For example, in the 1980's, if you said that something was "bad," it could mean "not good" (disctionary connotation) as well as "very very good." But to say that a dictionary definition is wrong is silly and stupid.

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The dictionary merely state what the word is commonly used to mean.
And many SJW's use the word as you defined it above.
The word was originally (and continues to be) used in that way by the left wing as a political attack against SJW opponents.

The fact of the matter is only democrats use the word with that "political attack" meaning.
To any non-democrat/SJW, the word means what it says (irrational fear).
Since only democrats/SJWs would actually use the word at all (after all, how often do you run across an actual irrational fear of ****s?).

Perhaps the rest of the non-SJW world should make a point of occasionally saying in print "Homophobia, the irrational fear of ****s, is an incredibly rare condition", just so Websters wont get confused.