"Introvert" still doesn't mean "shy" or "socially awkward", however much shy and socially awkward people want to redefine it as such.
As a confident introvert who doesn't flounder in social settings, this stuff annoys the hell out of me.
As a confident introvert who doesn't flounder in social settings, this stuff annoys the hell out of me.
According to dictionary.com[0], that's exactly what it means.
Introvert - noun - A shy person.
Meaning that the opinion of the experts is that a word's "true meaning" is however it is commonly understood by the people using it.
An ambivert is moderately comfortable with groups and social interaction, but also relishes time alone, away from a crowd. In simpler words, an ambivert is a person whose behaviour changes according to the situation they are in. In face of authority or in presence of strangers, the person may be introverted. However, in the presence of family or close friends, the person may be highly energetic or extraverted.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraversion_and_introversion#...
I consider myself to be one.