How does a poem mean?

Now there is a question worthy of the passions squandered over the entrails of "What's a word?"

My ridicule was not directed at you, dear jheem, who originated the word "dietormentaphobia" [or whatever it is], but rather at anyone who would prefer that unfortunate invention over a word like "terroristphobia" which exhibits no flaw other its flawless clarity and accessibility to ordinary readers.