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The word "run" famously has 645 definitions. "Real" can't compete, but yes, one of the definitions of real is physical. No one can make you use it, but objecting to this correct usage is, I dunno, silly? Pointless?
I admit I have my own issues, but they tend in the opposite direction where definitions become more encompassing and less precise. Nauseous doesn't mean nauseated, decimate doesn't mean devastate or destroy, in my lexicon -- but I know it's a lost battle. I'm still holding out on noisome, though.
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