I think the use of the word “table” to describe a pin rubs people the wrong way because the people that use it oftentimes use it in a way that makes them sound like a “know it all” or an “insider” who are trying to make it look like they know more than you do.

This is exactly what I was trying to articulate. Pretentious is the perfect word to describe it.

I respectfully disagree. It’s not a language difference. Everyone that I’ve ever heard use the word table to describe a pin is native to the United States. If some British dude walked up to me and called it a table, I’m smart enough to realize the terminology may be the result of a cultural difference. However, that’s never been the case.

And language also changes over time. It works that way as well. Give it a few more years and no one will refer to a pin as a table. So few people do now anyway.

There is nothing pretentious about the word table. It’s just that in my experience when I’ve heard someone use it to describe a pin it is used with a pretentious overtone.