Yeah - I tried to (politely and reasonably) object to this usage once (with a link to Holly Black's post) and got kind of a circular "No, it's useful! I'm right! It makes sense!" in response. Not saying that your own reasoning is circular, just noting that there will be a lot of resistance for reasons like yours - because it's convenient shorthand.
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Date: 2011-10-12 03:39 pm (UTC)