Talk:Alicorns/@comment-6196249-20130308071630/@comment-76.27.73.130-20130323090741

Of course, this settles the discussion of what an Alicorn is, 

You mean being a winged unicorn. It doesn't matter what it use to mean over a hundred years ago.

You don't use "gay" to mean "happy" any more, "Snack" no longer means "to bite or to snap", "Enthusiasm" no longer means "possesion by a god, supernatural inspiration" "Prove" no longer means "To test", "Tell" no longer means "To count". "Awful" no longer means "full of awe". "Nice" no longer means "not to know".

You use any of those words in their original usage. 1600s or 1300s or what have you. People will look at you funny as that's no longer the correct word use. Words change over time. Alicorn no longer means "the horn of a unicorn." As that never made the slightest bit of sense.

Much like Pegasus in MLP isn't the name of an individual. But is now the name of a race of equines.