The problem is not that people are re-defining carrots, but that some spasmed-sphinctered types care more where the carrots came from than whether they're good carrots.

Whenever someone starts giving people cute names, I take it as a sign that they're a bit too personally involved in other people's business and can't think of anything intelligent to say.

I like traditional music.
I like new music.
Not anything close to 100% of either.

What I loathe is not music, NEVER music, but small minded, easily-bruised, egotistical whingers who seem compelled to broadcast how offended they are that other people like what they do not. Newflash: We all have different tastes and you can't do anything about that.

...and a "singer songwriter" does not define what is produced but HOW it's produced. It's not a genre of music but a genre of musician. If you think it's being used to replace "folk", then the problem sounds like it's your interpretation.