[zabzonk]

Totally agree about "The passion ethos" - nothing gets up my nose more people who claim to be passionate about things that it really isn't possible or sensible to be, and who don't seem to know the meaning of the word, but just use it because it is expected of them, or they think it is.

[not_knuth]

The more people use it this way, the broader the acceptance of that usage becomes, the more often you will encounter people who will apply the argument you provided to your usage of the word.

- yours sincerely, the descriptivists of this world