It’s a statement that’s reasonable to utter, and a statement that a more music-savvy friend might want to understand by asking what you mean, getting some positive and negative examples, and suggesting more precise terminology (along with suggesting specific music, one hopes). Pointing out that your use of those words is likely to confuse people and search engines is something I’d expect you to encourage rather than invoking your peeve. Note that I recognize that this comment may be an example of the thing you oppose—I’m verbosely challenging a (possibly) non-central point. I’d be interested to hear whether you find this example to be exasperating or valuable.
Suggesting search engine terms might be helpful. I don’t think I’d ever find “you’re going to confuse people” helpful—either I already know that I’m not being very precisely expressive and these are all the words I have, or, if that’s not the case, “could you elaborate/rephrase that” would be better. I didn’t feel exasperated by this comment but might by a long chain of them on this branch.
It’s a statement that’s reasonable to utter, and a statement that a more music-savvy friend might want to understand by asking what you mean, getting some positive and negative examples, and suggesting more precise terminology (along with suggesting specific music, one hopes). Pointing out that your use of those words is likely to confuse people and search engines is something I’d expect you to encourage rather than invoking your peeve.
Note that I recognize that this comment may be an example of the thing you oppose—I’m verbosely challenging a (possibly) non-central point. I’d be interested to hear whether you find this example to be exasperating or valuable.
Suggesting search engine terms might be helpful. I don’t think I’d ever find “you’re going to confuse people” helpful—either I already know that I’m not being very precisely expressive and these are all the words I have, or, if that’s not the case, “could you elaborate/rephrase that” would be better. I didn’t feel exasperated by this comment but might by a long chain of them on this branch.