I'm sorry, but no. To me it looks like you're the one engaging in making the word "grind" meaningless, because to me by definition, "grind" means repetitive, boring, and/or meaningless gameplay. In other words, anyone telling me that grind is fun, is clearly not experiencing a grind. No, they're having an experience called Playing the Game and Enjoying It!

By your definition, and the KTR's definition, *everything* in an RPG game is a "grind". It's *this* idea that renders the word meaningless.