English has been greatly enriched in the expression of new sciences. Much has been lost in verb usage. English is the most verb-rich language on earth (or it was). We are losing that, and I blame the friggin' teachers' unions.
End of rant.
If you go back 40-50 years,you'll see that even the most banal movies and T.V. programs had better word usage and much more varied vocabularies,than today's do. And should you go back to movies made in the 1930's,there's even a more yawning abyss.
Does "friggin'" add value to our verb-rich language?