Why the Constant Misuse of the Verb "Release"?

[Kantor]

Damnyouall said:

Kantor said:

But there's a different definition of the word "release" in gaming. It becomes an intransitive verb, which means "to be released".

Sorry, but no. Just because some people who don't know proper English use a word in an incorrect manner, that doesn't mean it took on a new meaning. It means just that: They don't know proper English.

This is just like what I've seen some people do to the word "bias" on this site, which happens to be a noun. The proper adjective is "biased". A person is biased, not bias. Again, this is not an evolution of language, it's simply incorret. Nothing else.

EDIT:
Another nice example is "definitely". Some people on the internet spell it "definately". That doesn't mean it'll ever be right.

To quote Urban Dictionary http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=definately : "definately - Idiot-speak for "definitely". One of the most common moronic misspellings found on the internet."

The use of "bias" rather than "biased" is incorrect word ge. "Definately" is a misspelling. And "I could care less" is just idiocy because it makes no sense whatsoever.

"Release" is something different. When a word is used in a certain context by a majority of the population over a long period of time, it becomes part of the language.

Examples:

We don't use "thou" as a second person singular pronoun.

We don't hyphenate "weekend".

We use the verb "[to] lunch" as a noun, in place of the actual noun "luncheon".