You and I both know that the English language is littered with...

You and I both know that the English language is littered with words that started off meaning one thing but through their popular use over time their meaning morphed into something often somewhat different and yet is thus generally accepted as the prevailing definition.

quite a gay turn of events no?

and so no, having reason to believe something based on evidence is not an issue. But having one word in a paragraph and yet using that one word to tell a story, not so much