It's not missuse of the language. It's why you'll see signs in public places saying 'staff won't tolerate abuse' - there are different meanings to words based on their context and Rivka has either deliberately misinterpreted the author or was mistaken in her reading of it.

I'm the credible backup. https://medium.com/lucid-nightmare/im-calling-time-on-the-bashing-of-age-gap-relationships-22e09ae93b1a