I like the word "zeitgeist"and have used it occasionally when called for, but it’s been used so often in discussions about practically everything these days when I see it in articles it now looks oafish and clunky.
It’s a nice a nice and useful word, but is it being overused?
I don’t think this OP quite captures the zeitgeist. 
No. More vocabulary is always better.
Hell no…I’m still using “paradigm shift”
I like the synergy in this thread!
Depends on your Weltanschauung.
I like it. And now that Wikipedia has taught me how to pronounce it, I’ll be saying shoehorning it in when I can.
I always liked the word ‘zeitgeist’ too, because it was one of those words where the meaning really does call for the ‘perfect’ word to put it in a nutshell. I haven’t noticed that people are overusing it lately.
Overusing ‘zeitgeist’ is the new normal.
I just want people to stop overusing the word “plethora” – especially using it to just mean an abundance, rather than an overabundance. You don’t have a plethora of ice cream sandwiches in your freezer, you just have a bunch of them. Geez.
Would you say I have a plethora of piñatas?
You just made me realize that I actually recognize that font, even though I never use it. That the first font that happened to is that one…shudder.
Forgive me, El Guapo. I know that I, Jefe, do not have your superior intellect and education. But could it be that once again, you are angry at something else, and are looking to take it out on me?
So what you’re saying is that there’s a plethora of people using plethora.
I am not a fan of this word.
Mainly because there is a series of documentaries out there under the label 'Zeitgeist". All of them bat shit crazy.
Moved Cafe Society --> IMHO.
I hear the word “Narrative” used a lot these days. I first noticed it…hmmm…a couple of years ago?
I think that you just happen to be reading things recently that mention the word “zeitgeist” a lot. Here’s the Google Ngram chart for “zeitgeist” in English from 1800 to 2012:
As you can see, the use was pretty stable from 1916 to 1964. There was a huge jump in 1965 and then it was pretty stable till 1971. There was a drop (but not to the 1964 level) in 1972 and 1973. There was a steady rise till 1992. Since then there has been quite a fast rise in its use. So if you’re claiming that there has been a recent rise in using the term, that’s true if by “recent” you mean the past twenty years.
Got zeitgeist angst, huh?
Aw, come on. Don’t let a silly movie ruin a perfectly cromulent word.
Sometimes, in hip hop culture, someone will take a great slang term and make a corny commercial singy songy rap song about it. I always want to abandon that word the moment I hear that song. But then, I don’t. I keep using the word. So that the terrorists don’t win.