Talk:Alicorns

Inaccurate coining?
Just wanted to call something into question: The lead for this article states that "Alicorn" is an inaccurate coining when used to refer to the princesses and Twilight Sparkle after her transformation. This statement links to Wikipedia's article on "Unicorn horn", but Wikipedia and other sources also mention that the term "alicorn" was used to refer to a winged unicorn by fantasy author Piers Anthony, and that this use of the term became popular in fantasy fandom afterward.

As such, I don't think the term is actually inaccurate when you consider that it's a fantasy-world term that has been popularized outside of MLP specifically. If you go strictly by English etymology, then yes, it's inaccurate. But considering that the term and concept of "alicorn" is also accepted in fantasy culture as generally referring to winged unicorns, I think we should either clarify this or remove the "inaccurate" statement from this article. 21:40, March 7, 2013 (UTC)