u/Elm11 posted quite a good answer on the misuse of the term here

When anyone tries to declare something good by simply giving it a name with good connotations, the name often simply acquires bad ones . Many recent examples could be found within the banned 20-year limit, but an earlier one occurring to me at random would be "artificial": a very pleasant little word that for centuries meant clever, ingenious, i.e. something created with art and craftsmanship. Then it was applied to things like plastic flowers, and suddenly it was understood to mean fake, a pale imitation of the real thing. "Revision" is not pejorative within the field because historians are still using it in the appropriate way. Or, are at least trying....

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