[muir_redwoods]

It’s become acceptable through repeated misuse. It’s like the expression “butt naked”; it’s correctly “buck naked”. Buck is tanned deer hide without any fur on it vaguely resembling naked skin.

It’s a rant but “hone” is to sharpen an edge and “home” as a verb is what a homing pigeon does. At least that’s the actual meaning of these words.

[B4Ranch]

We’re not discussing the wording of the Constitution here, are we? This is about the accepted and common use of the English language today. Not as it pertains to a book written during the Civil war where knowing the original meanings of words are necessary to gather the full and true gist of the times.

[Scoutmaster]

If you want to talk about a word that's misused, look no further than 'moot.' Many people now say an issue is 'moot' intending to mean that the issue is settled and no longer subject to discussion.

That's the precise opposite of the meaning of the word.

moot

mo͞ot

adjective

1. subject to debate, dispute, or uncertainty, and typically not admitting of a final decision.

"whether the temperature rise was mainly due to the greenhouse effect was a moot point"

synonyms: debatable, open to discussion/question, arguable, questionable, at issue, open to doubt, disputable, controversial, contentious, disputed, unresolved, unsettled, up in the air.