I agree with you that it is best avoided whenever possible. However, I think the other points I made, that (a) some invocations of it are legitimate, and (b) i

I agree with you that it is best avoided whenever possible. However, I think the other points I made, that (a) some invocations of it are legitimate, and (b) it serves a useful purpose in labelling a real phenomenon, for which we don't have any widely accepted alternative label – still stand.