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This tag is for questions about correctly using a word. The word has to be provided within the question. The question should be limited to the usage of one word. For the usage of complete phrases there is the tag phrase-usage.
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What is a formal word for "go-to"
I might use "default" to indicate the normal selection from a list of options.
"Canonical" means most accepted or authoritative but is used more for ideas than for things.
Your jet ski example sugge …
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Can an ambiguous word mean different things to multiple authors?
Can it? (Is it possible?) Certainly.
Should it? No; if the authors cannot agreed on what a particular word means (in the context of the book in question) then it should be rewritten in some way that …
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