It might also be influenced by the “nowcast” which was a glittery way of saying “current weather conditions.” So they might have used “futurecast” so people wouldn’t confuse it with the “nowcast”.
I tend to always go by pastcasts.
“Futurecasts” should all have flying cars, and advice about whether you should take your jet pack to work.
That would be a “nowcast”. 
Hey - I feel you.
Amen.
No one ever says it for Peace Corps Volunteers.
Or when I wear my Veteran Of The Battle Of Bowling Green hat…
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They really should!
Cool Story Bro.
Do you have anything specifically countering bumps claims the processed cheese fear is absurd?
Watergate hearings? As I recall, they led to the popular use of “point in time.” Worst thing Nixon ever caused.
and “-gate” itself.
And “expletive deleted”.
I keep telling veterans “Sorry for your service”, and the recently bereaved “Thank you for your loss”. Get those mixed up sometimes.
“At this particular point in time, I have no present recollection of any such past events.”
I can’t agree with that always. While working on an English-language newspaper in Bangkok, a scandal unfolded in which a Thai Supreme Court justice got caught accepting a bribe, the cash being delivered in a pastry box. I myself came with “Pastrygate” for the headline, and even the BBC went with it at the time.
These days, I am getting heartily sick of “in these uncertain times…” especially when used to sell me Medicare supplementary insurance. Joe Namath, please re-retire from public life.
I’m in a Zoom conference about our company’s web presence, and the speakers are using “holistic” way too much.
Yes, our various web utilities do have a lot of moving parts, but “holistic” just means it’s all under our domain name. There’s no need to make yourself sound smarter by repeating this redundancy.
That’s too hard. I’ll just put a magnet on my car instead, and pat myself on the back for being patriotic.
Make sure the magnet was made in China. The only way to be patriotic is to ship money to China. And make sure to drive a gas guzzling pickup truck so you also send lots of money to Middle Eastern autocrats of an Islamic bent.
That’s how to be True Patriot ®™!!
I appreciate you posting this. I never say “Thank you for your service” for all the reasons you stated, plus I figure sometimes you really do just want to get your business done and leave without obligatory conversations with strangers. But I always wonder if I’m being judged or labeled as “Ungrateful Bitch” for not saying it. Not that I care, I just wonder…