>Not having enough money to survive isn't a made up thing.

No one has suggested that anything here is a 'made up thing', are you creating strawmen?

>However you want to define it, people need to make ends meet including right now.

I'm interested in understanding what the GP's point was. I don't get to definitely choose arbitrary definitions and interpretations for them. The dictionary and accepted usage offers a range of interpretations.

Apologies.. your comment sure read a lot like 'if starve really means eat less, maybe they should just suck it up and eat less.' I though it was obvious that GP's usage of the word 'starve' wasn't to be taken literally.