I hate the degradation of English largely brought on by social media. Example: grift. It's used incorrectly 99% of the time. A grift is a petty or small-scale

I hate the degradation of English largely brought on by social media. Example: grift. It's used incorrectly 99% of the time. A grift is a petty or small-scale swindle, a carnival trick or back-alley shell game. Nickel and dime stuff. The type of fraud most "grifters" are accused of is anything but petty.