Dictionaries should be stricter about definitions
To be clear, I have no problems with languages evolving over time. I'm okay with adding slang, alternate spellings, or newly coined terms to a language's lexicon. I accept that for a language to be considered alive, it has to be in active use and changing according to the needs of the cultures that use it.
I made this post just to complain about how dictionary definitions are being amended in ways that are complete 180s. The worst example I can think of is 'factoid.' When I learned this word, it meant "a falsehood repeated so often that it's come to be accepted as fact." Now it's become the word for "fun little bits of information."
Dictionary editors should put their feet down about things like this. If a word can have both one definition and the exact opposite of that definition, then it ceases to be useful as a word, because it's just too confusing.
Edit: Alright, I get it, I feel like I've seen just about every variation of "dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive." If you have nothing new to say, just move along.