It’s just the current buzzword.
Hundreds if not thousands went before it and many more will follow.
Think of it as an in-built historic timestamp.
Stand outside the editors window blasting the OST to space jam (the first one of course) everytime they publish such an article.
So, put them on blast?
Everybody get up, it’s time to slam now!
Get everyone who reads articles to stop clicking on any headline that includes the word. Then they’d pay attention.
In other words, only a significant drop in clicks would drive any change.
Don’t worry, soon they’ll catch on to “cooked”.
This donut is SLAAAAAAAAAAAAAMIN!!!
That’s an easy one - change it for them!
“Beloved slam is slammed by lemming, news at 11”
I personally want to stuff every journalist into the nearest paper shredder that continues to use the stupid word, “unprecedented”. Ha ha, the pun is dead, stop beating it so damn hard. :eyeroll:
Is that overused? I can’t think of a time I’ve read that and disagreed, and I haven’t seen it used often (especially in headlines).