>There is not an ontological reality for the meanings of words. It means what you want it to mean.
Obviously there is a possible range of meaning for a word for a culture at any point in time, but there is in the end a limit to what the word dishonest can mean in our present context. This is why I do not expect to get served a cheddar and jalapeno omelet when I walk into a funeral home and order a dishonest.
What I was perhaps clumsily saying is that no matter what argument I make to say that I think exploiting loopholes is dishonest, there will be an argument based on a different definition of the word that will refute my argument. Any min-maxer worth their salt will surely use that approach and so no meaningful dialog is possible on that front.
Obviously there is a possible range of meaning for a word for a culture at any point in time, but there is in the end a limit to what the word dishonest can mean in our present context. This is why I do not expect to get served a cheddar and jalapeno omelet when I walk into a funeral home and order a dishonest.