let me upgrade ur freaking diction

I know this song is old enough for me to have blogged about songs off the same album nearly a year ago (see Beyonce is a dumbass and Beyonce is a dumbass part II*), but it is driving me insane that Beyonce misuses the word "appeasing" in "Upgrade U." As in:

I'm known to walk alone
But I'm alone for a reason
Sending me a drink ain't appeasing
Believe me

To "appease" is to make a conciliatory effort at the expense of principles, or, in casual speech, simply to pacify. From Wikipedia:

Appeasement is a policy of accepting the imposed conditions of an aggressor in lieu of armed resistance, usually at the sacrifice of principles. Usually it means giving in to demands of an aggressor in order to avoid war. Since World War II, the term has gained a negative connotation in the British government, in politics and in general, of weakness, cowardice and self-deception.

A famous example is Neville Chamberlain's foreign policy during the period 1937-1939, when he pursued a policy of appeasement towards Adolf Hitler's expansionist ambitions.

But Beyonce in this song is not angry and does not need to be appeased; she meant "appealing."

Also, as a paean to love, this song is egregiously consumerist and materialistic; switching your man's neckties to purple labels is hardly doing for him "like Martin did for the people." Can I please get some elderly black people to slap her for that?

That is all.

  

Neville! Attempting to appease this woman will
only drag Europe into protracted armed conflict!

*Obviously, the album is catchy enough that I keep listening to it, so maybe I'm the dumbass for listening to things that anger me so, and for apparently having paid money for the privilege.