And it never applies to those who want something someone else earned--it applies to those who have "been lucky in life's lottery" aka those who work for a living and make a decent living.
Exactly. The word is used by Socialists in order to end all debate over the right to wealth and property. It is a form of emotional blackmail, a bullying epithet meant to induce guilt on the part of producers and excuse envy on the part of those who desire what they have not produced and do not wish to pay for.
Atlas is not shrugging yet but his shoulders are getting pretty damned sore.