Language is evolutionary.
Words take on different meanings through the passage of time, and with the different circumstances that time can offer.
You can also manipulate the meaning of words for public relations purposes.
That’s what I thought the Pittsburgh Pirates were doing when General Manager Ben Cherington insisted that the team is going through a “Build” rather than a “Rebuild.”
If you ask me, the Pirates are going through a Rebuild.
They were one of the best teams in the game for a very short time in 2013-15, and that got them as far as one NLDS series loss and two other Wild Card Game losses.