I didn't say your weren't entitled (get up on the wrong side of the bed this morning? Seem a bit testy), but if that wasn't your point, what WAS your issue with the word then? I guess I really don't have any idea what you are talking about in that case. Perhaps a bit more info from you would clarify.

Personally, I don't see empathetic as a "non word" at all. What has set off your tirade against that word today?