“You’re not impressed by a “five day modified fast?” Neither am I.”
Like you, probably, I don’t like our language being gummed up.
Same problem that I have when the word “genocide” is tossed around like a bean bag. In most cases, it’s a lie, and there are plenty of other terms that might apply (ethnic cleansing, mass killing, collateral damage, etc.). The test that I always use for that is whether the country that is supposedly committing the ‘genocide’ could do more to kill off the civilians if they chose to.
(note - I’m keeping my discussion of ‘genocide’ generic, since all sides seem to use it incorrectly, when convenient)
Really!
Like, literally!