Dear Dictionary, could you please define pithy?

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Won't work unless

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Why you have such sad low energy?

Not sure what your angle is here, but I invite you to use the word "homophobia" on this board correctly. This board will tell you that the dictionary is wrong.

Name and town....if you wish to opine.

Do not use illicit language and/or drugs when writing The Factor.



It might elicit an unfavorable reaction.

I didn't say anything about gays. I said something about a word that is misunderstood on this board in a thread about a word that is misunderstood.

Gotcha.

So, we can presume that there is a consensus in the English speaking world (as reflected by Webster, et. al.) as to the meaning.

Of course there can exist a substantial minority that does not agree with the consensus. Word meanings can be subjective after all.

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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.

Spin it all you want. I'll use the dictionary definition of words because I speak English.

from the word pith. pith is the central spongy part of a stem that transports nutrients.

etymology

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pithy (adj.)
early 14c., "strong, vigorous," from pith (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "full of substance or significance" is from 1520s; literal meaning "full of pith" not attested until 1560s. Related: Pithily; pithiness.

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Here is wiki

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pithy (comparative pithier, superlative pithiest) Concise and meaningful. 1825, William Hazlitt, Elia, and Geoffrey Crayon, (used) in The Spirit of the Age,

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I felt that

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dude. I like that your meaning is based on feeling and that you have feelings about your feeling word. that's charming in a way. But its your own invention.

pith is a part of a plant. its the heart and center.

your idea, that the word relates to a feeling VERSUS an intellectual mind-form is pure invention on your part. sorry.

but its such a great idea, you should invent a NEW word to which you confer the meaning you thought was attached to pithy.

Let us know in this thread what you want your new word to be.

If you use it regularly on TD with an asterisk explaining its meaning, in a few years it will be in common parlance. it happens.

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Can you give me some examples of these people and their biases, opinions, and agendas?

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Well, you brought "homophobia." Why do some "phobias" have discrimination attached to them, and some don't? That was an editorial decision, not one based on etymology.