We all use words sometimes in ways not intended. We don’t, after all, have a dictionary to hand in every conversation and memory plays tricks, not to mention there is always some “drift” in common usage that’s culturally-driven. Often it’s just sloppiness that becomes wired into daily use and when we go back to the dictionary it’s occasionally a surprise to find out that what we thought a word meant isn’t really what it means at all.
Sometimes, though, it’s the right word applied to the wrong circumstance or a label correctly remembered but used for the wrong reason.
Arrogance is one of the biggies. …