Yeah, there should be some form of disclaimer or people (understandably!) think the lie is the truth and it's all there is and/or it's intended in malice, dismissive, etc, as you mentioned--and those are definitely drawbacks!

It's still understandable why the shorthand is an important tool to have, absolutely, accessible layman's explanations are as important as they are difficult to come up with, but yeah (I think some of this issue comes along with metaphorical language fail, or in confusing maps with territories in general. Nnh communication, argh).

*Considers* It can also get very frustrating to have to cut off the person giving you the Bohr model explanation to advise that you're down with the valance shell model, it's fine, can we skip ahead to what we think my specific sample particle is really doing? >>;