I agree it's certainly abused, and misused for precisely the purpose you state. I merely contend that it describes a real phenomenon, and as such is not an inh

I agree it's certainly abused, and misused for precisely the purpose you state. I merely contend that it describes a real phenomenon, and as such is not an inherently bad term. The misuse of it might indeed be more prevalent than its use to accurately describe what it was coined for, but I don't see how the term itself is to blame. It's kind of like the words "hipster" and "emo": their use as derogations are far more prevalent than their use to describe the particular subcultures they was originally intended for, yet if you didn't have those terms you'd still need something else to fill the void.