My Newest Beef

Okay, maybe it’s not new a new beef, but another entry on my list of The Abomination of the English Language. The slow and insidious dumbing-down just got an energy boost.

First there were the chocoholic and the shopaholic, who for some unknown reason (or at least nonsensical reason) decided to borrow a part of the word alcohol. The –ic suffix wasn’t enough, apparently, so they grabbed part of the root word. I guess it was easier than being a chocolate addict or a compulsive shopper to be a blankholic. Even though it makes no sense. But is found in the dictionary.

Now, with a slow economy, fewer people are taking vacation apparently, which—while defined as a fixed holiday period or break from work—clearly comes from the word vacate. No, I guess people are staycating and daycating because staycations and daycations are all the rage. While we’re at it, we may as well start arranging playcations for our kids next.

ARG!!!!!!!!!

But I suppose if no one is feeling badly for people like I, this too shall pass.