Incidently you should read Fahrenheit 451. I think you'll like it.
Don't count on it, when it comes to books i'm as soppy as the next girl. There's nothing quite like having a good cry over a fictitious relationship.
Much like the term "Hacker", 1984 is often used incorrectly
When a misconception becomes the norm then the metaphorical meaning of it changes to the misconception. Although i'm not in complete agreement with you over either the term hacker or 1984, it is as always a matter of interpretation.
For instance most people think vikings had horns on their helmets, which was just a Christian demonic characterisation of the Pagan religion despite being nigh-on impossible to make a horned helmet with the tools of the day... They didn't have superglue and you can't stitch horn to metal or leather and have it stay in the right place without sagging. No archaelogical evidence have ever been found to support the horned helmet, and yet if I said to you somebody looked like a Viking you'd think of a fat man with a horned helmet who stank of open campfire. Incidentally it was around 800 years before other races started maintaining a similar level of personal hygeine as the Vikings - another misconception.
If I used the term Viking in metaphor I would be highly suprised if it conjoured an image of a clean and well turned out dark ages man, possibly with a helmet but definately no horns, who was more interested in trading with you than raping your wares and stealing your women, and who did all he could to fit in, adapt and accept local customs and culture.
Likewise there are a group of people who consider themselves "hackers" who are nothing to do with computer security. They consider themselves intellectual elites and they believe this gives them the right to use the term "hacker" with their own definition and dismiss the "common misconception" of it's meaning.
Both of these uses are wrong. Especially when using metaphor but true in all communication a word means what the person or people you are talking too thinks it means.