"They have a word for everything nowadays"

All Nines

Um . . . isn't the purpose of any given language to efficiently convey a concept from one person to another? What's wrong with learning new words that describe new concepts?

I think this is justifiable when referring to concepts that don't carry the same connotations as paralleled words (for instance, my English teacher says that, despite the existence of the word "misandry", it functionally isn't the diametric opposite of "misogyny" and doesn't often carry the same meaning behind it, when contemplated to a sufficient degree). But if it's just someone who's surprised that there are terms that are becoming relevant, they're missing the point of communication.

I don't see this sentiment expressed that often, but, expressed in earnest, it strikes me as being monumentally anti-intellectual, if not simply counterproductive.

Gelzo

Anyone who means this lacks imagination. This could only be true if every possible concept had a word assigned to it, or the morphology of a language meant every noun phrase was expressed in a single "word". This is not the case for English, and the use of new words being coined and borrowed should be an indication.

I'm not sure how it's anti-intellectual as opposed to just ignorant. Are these people opposed to learning new words?