>more a matter of opinion more than fact.

in this case I fear that it's just poor research. if you look at the reference for the re-engineered acronym def'n, it merely cites one guy who (I'd say incorrectly) used it that way. OTOH the "authority" here is the fellow who originally coined it - he better than most knows what he meant. "The term was coined by Frank Mankiewicz[1] and popularized by William Safire[2] in 1980 in The New York Times."

here's the link to Safire's column.

I don't wiki myself, but there's the real deal, and here's Quinion's take, as well.