The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #132499   Message #4094422
Posted By: Steve Shaw
23-Feb-21 - 08:00 AM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves
I see that it's already inveigling its way into wider usage. Here's one from Twitter this week:

"Yebbut we need the PCs [pharmaceutical companies] solvent to keep at the expensive research so that vaccines be updated in response to virus mutations. Not to mention the next pandemic.
Happy for a tax on ( fill in your own choice) to pay for global roll-out."

And I spotted an example of Kate Humble using it in 2009! I rest my case!