"Hotting up" appears to be a quirk of British journalism, not necessarily a "trend." Not exactly modern and young when the first usage was in 1923 by P. G. Wode

"Hotting up" appears to be a quirk of British journalism, not necessarily a "trend." Not exactly modern and young when the first usage was in 1923 by P. G. Wodehouse. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/magazine/10wwln-safire-t.html http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/10/magazine/10wwln-safire-t.h...