There has definitely been an uptick. You see it quite a bit in lefty and progressive media -- and I say this as a frequent consumer of such media. It seems like

There has definitely been an uptick. You see it quite a bit in lefty and progressive media -- and I say this as a frequent consumer of such media. It seems like the term has lost a lot of its meaning and has become a synonym for "person I don't like." You especially often see it applied to someone from the other political side of the aisle who joined the media after leaving politics.