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OP The word "unconscious" seems to be used more frequently in the stead of "subconscious" which really bugs me. I hear it used this way by public speakers, such as politicians and news reporters. To me unconscious means comatose and subconscious means daydreaming. So it bothers me when someone says, "they were thinking unconsciously" about something. It doesn't seem that you could recall what you were thinking about when you were comatose. Am I crazy? Now that unconscious is being used this way popularly, does that mean that we should accept a new meaning?
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