The extreme upset about one word -- a word used accurately, honestly, and fairly -- is way over the top. This is the kind of piling-on response that serves no purpose other than to drive the company reps away. We should worry about the changes that are coming, not the way one word was used, and we certainly shouldn't try to stretch it to mean something else entirely. He was making a valid point, one that we should all be able to understand.
Honestly, this thread cheapens the discussion about the 2015 changes. (And yes, I expect that comment to be taken out of context as well.)