I’ll nominate “normalcy”. I think the term has context in post-war history, and even if it has some relevance WRT the pandemic, it seems to be the catch-all, overused phrase for any ember of the pandemic easing - people are saying it thru their mask. Should people be using “normality” instead?
I would like to see that chart updated to include 2020 and 2021 (it appears to be thru 2019, prior to all the pandemic stuff). Nearly every newscast today someone says “normalcy”.
“Normalcy” is forever linked to Warren G. Harding, mitigated somewhat by the fact that nobody knows who Warren G. Harding was. Isolationism, women and Blacks have come far enough for their actual limitations, Big Business is good for everyone; basically 1920’s MAGA.
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Enough of “woke,” used 1000 times as a sneer for every one time anyone used it in sincerity. Just use “sanctimonious,” and trust your readership sees your point.
Enough of “problematic.” If you believe something is offensive to any reasonable person, just say so. “Problematic” lacks trust that the average person can be reasonable, and, unlike you, only read Foucault and Baudrillard in translation if at all.
I’m pretty weary of the phrase “I see you” in either the negative sense of “I have surmised your true intentions” or the positive sense of “your efforts have not gone unnoticed.”
Nothing lexically wrong with it. It’s just an affectation that’s starting to wear.