[arthurus]

A dictionary is no longer authoritative because they accept any word or use that they can find three people in the Hood to be using. Refer back to Webster's 2nd International. If you rely on current dictionaries than nothing is wrong with any use of a word and language no longer has any meaning.

[PLMerite]

All I know is that “loan” as a verb has been in common colloquial use for decades. I’m saving my energy for preserving the proper definitions of ‘Man’ ‘Woman’ and ‘Freak.’

[HartleyMBaldwin]

Arthurus, I admire your efforts to keep our language meaningful. Unfortunately, languages do evolve; when enough people use a word or phrase “incorrectly”, that misuse becomes the correct usage. The Internet has increased the rate of change, I think.

I don’t like it either.