Phrases/terms that aggravate the hell out of you

[Northern_Piper]

@wolfpup

Whereas to me, “Congressman” really is inherently ambiguous, though I recognize its widespread use to mean a member of the US House of Representatives. Because if someone is a man, and a member of the US Senate, they are also by definition a “Congress man”.

Right, and if a person is a member of the Senate of Canada, they are also a member of Parliament.

So why do you say “Congressman” is ambiguous, but “Member of Parliament” is clearly just referring to a member of the House of Commons, but not to a Senator? I’m not following your logic here.