Misuse of a words meaning

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Over time language and how we use it changes. This is going to happen there is little we can do to change that. l don't have a problem with change. l don't expect times to stand still. What irks me a tiny bit is how some times people misuse a word. For example tobogan it is a sled. Yet people use the word in reference to a winter hat also known as a beanie. Lately I have noticed that people use the term epic as meaning something spectacularly huge. IE: The party is going to epic don't miss it! I get it but what bugs me isn't so much even that people misuse the words in accordance with a dictionary. I am more bothered by the idea that when I use a word correctly by the dictionary meaning they look at me as if I'm some kind of idiot. Which now I'm beginning to wonder if they even realize that I'm using it correctly. Does this happen to you? Do people give you strange looks when you use a word correctly? Do people you know frequently misuse words and think they are correct even if you prove it to them by showing them the dictionary. I love when I show them and they act as if I'm showing them some made up crap in a magazine that is just for fun with nothing to support it. Someone once told me yeah but nobody uses that or even use the word how it's there anymore. When did the dictionary become outdated?