“You should rise above bastardizing our language because of laziness or the inability to be articulate.”
If my friend carelessly refers to ammunition as bullets, I don’t go out of my way to embarrass him in front of his peers by correcting him on a technical point when his usage of the term is so common.
"If my friend carelessly refers to ammunition as bullets, I don’t go out of my way to embarrass him in front of his peers by correcting him on a technical point when his usage of the term is so common."
You did exactly the same thing to me regarding my use of the word "rifle" when I clearly meant "weapon" in layman's terms.