My own personal bugbear is when people say they want to "democratise" nouns and verbs, e.g. "democratise maths" or "democratise running" (both real examples) and yet there is no idea at all what that might mean. Votes? And if so, who and how and when?
> to make (something) available to all people : to make it possible for all people to understand (something)
That said:
Democratise running.
Running.
Even with that definition, nope.
(But what it does do is serve as a further example of why the word has such broad usage as to be almost meaningless).
This is not a new meaning and is one that I learned a long time ago, have seen widely used for decades and has an even longer history.
The word is far from precise, but it is also far from meaningless. I understand exactly what is meant by "democratize running" (though I don't think running is a good example of something that needs democratization since there aren't systematic barriers to popular adotion.)
I, sincerely, have no idea at all what this phrase is supposed to mean. Even with what you previously wrote.
Hmm. I'm British; where, geographically, did you encounter your usage?
Democracy is a word with almost no consistent meaning or definition, yet everyone treats it as if it's clean and defined.
Other than "communism is whatever the communist party does," what is democracy anyway?