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I was jolted by that usage as well, and dug up this: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/magazine/07FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/m

I was jolted by that usage as well, and dug up this: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/magazine/07FOB-onlanguage-t.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/magazine/07FOB-onlanguage-... While people can defend the use, it gives the piece a distracting buzzwordy feel.

enko 13y ago
Good research, thanks. Had no idea it was that old! I am actually heartened to see it appears to be a politician's fad. Hopefully in 20 years time it will be about as potent as "radical". Nonetheless, that doesn't put a damper on my nerdy inclination to point out, "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."