I can understand that. Times and language do change. Adjustments do need to be made for them.
It does irritate me that people have ruined a perfectly good word by refusing to accept any meaning for it except "stupid" just as it irritates me that you can no longer use the word gay in any capacity except in its homosexual connotation.
There was a time when a man could say, "We had such a gay time it left me dumb" and mean "We had so much fun I was speechless." If you said it nowadays someone would think your buddy had screwed your brains out.
