Right now, we are being inundated with a set of words and phrases (mostly perpetuated by an endlessly imitative media) that need to disappear before we all go apoplectic! Here are some of them:
existential - as in existential threat]
dysphoria - as in gender dysphoria
drops and dropped - as in The book drops tomorrow or The movie dropped this weekend.
eponymous - as in launching a new, eponymous label
unpack - as in Let's unpack this story.
dystopian - as in a dystopian society
sourced - as in locally sourced
disrupt, disruptor and disruptive - as in He's a hopeless disruptor.
diaspora - as in They are part of a growing diaspora.
gaslighting - as in They're gaslighting you.
triggered - as in He was triggered by that.
takeaway, takeaways - as in takeaways from a news conference
cringeworthy - as in a cringeworthy scene
thoughts and prayers - as in our thoughts and prayers are with
sustainable - as in sustainable energy
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