Educating people about RSS is a great idea, and taking the name to task is an even better one.
I’ve felt that the RSS name could be a kick in the teeth for some people, and I’ve imagined a conversation along the lines of:
Person 1: “I used RSS”
Person 2: “What’s RSS?”
“Person 1: “It stands for “Really Simple Syndication”
Person 2: “Oh.”
Where Person 2 is made to feel dumb for not knowing a silly acronym. “Web feeds” actually describes what the thing is.