Vogue words

[Bert]

Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that bands don't split up any more, marriages don't fall apart, nothing collapses? - everything IMPLODES! It's just ridiculous the way this word is now getting used in the media.
And now it's not good enough to be the centre of anything, it has to be the EPICENTRE. [e.g. Soho is the epicentre of vice in London] Idiots seem to hear the word misused by another idiot and think it sounds clever - sort of scientific - so they decide to use the word too.
I'm sure I never used to hear these words so often a couple of years ago. My Chambers dictionary (1998) unfortunately does not support me on epicentre, but says it can be used 'figuratively'. How can you figuratively describe something as being that point on the earth's surface directly over the point of origin of an earthquake? The 1972 Chambers did not admit a figurative use.
Obviously, I invite support and offer the opportunity for others to get off their chest whatever vogue word might be bugging them.

[Calibax]

"Roadmap" for plan (for peace in Middle East etc)

[Everhelpful]

"Raincheck" what's that all about?

[Everhelpful]

Basically:Absolutely: Please don't get me started.!!

[boxtops]

Penultimate being the absolute end, instead of Ultimate.

and people don't say "I love that", they say "I'm loving it". What's that about?

[beejay1124]

Ever ^ agree---basically

[mazie]

"Blue Sky Thinking" gets me everytime.

[beejay1124]

on cookery programmes
folks going ''mmmmmmmm luvly ''-before the 'spoon'has crossed their lips

[boxtops]

I don't do Twitter, but the latest vogue word seems to be Trending. After JC got into trouble on the one show, straight away he was "trending".

[mazie]

Is that THE JC Boxy?

[boxtops]

LOL, I don't see that JC with a mobile, mazie!

[beckersjay]

'What do you think to that' on antiques programmes

[mazie]

errrm. I know I'm a bit thick, but which JC are we talking about.

ps....I dont have a mobile either

[Quizmonster]

Absolutely, meaning 'emphatically yes', has been in use since the late 19th century. Perhaps the time has come for us to accept it!

[maggiebee]

Fit for purpose - everyone seems to use it - drives me mad.

[boxtops]

Fit for purpose is quite good though - same as "it does what it says on the tin"

[factor-fiction]

On the lottery, Strictly, X factor, BGt etc the lottery/telephone numbers are always referred to as "those all important numbers"

[boxtops]

misunderstood words - like Chronic Pain - meaning long-standing, but used to mean "really bad"

[DTCwordfan]

"At the end of the day."

Use of the same adjective twice in the same sentence by politicians.

We are creating a better Britain for better times - Gordon Brown was always doing this and DC does occasionally.

[Chaffinch]

Going from good to great.....ha
Thinking outside the box......ha
Transformation....................ha

Getting better
Cleaver thinking
Changing

[factor-fiction]

Has nobody mentioned the misuse of decimate or enormity yet?
On X factor and Strictly all the contestants are said to have been "on a journey".