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This is a very non-extreme example of why ANSI (American National Standards Institute) or ISO (International Standards Organization) should make an official dictionary, so we won't have definition-based debates.
More extreme examples are legal arguments, and the whole transgender debate.

Wait, you don't have a nationally recognized dictionary? Though, keep in mind, even if you did, your English dictionary wouldn't necessarily match the dictionary definitions from other English speaking countries. I think we just have to accept that language itself isn't perfect or that restricted. Words change meaning over time, and new words are created all the time. The ability to interpret in more than one way gives us more freedom in how we communicate.

AFAIK we do not have one.  Sure, but we would have somewhere to point to, and we can have standardized stuff.

I do agree with you there. Though it surprises me there isn't one in the states.

Its essentially just an argument over semantics, and probably wouldn't be solved even with scientific data going either way.

I feel exactly the same way. We're talking about language here, more than science.