[lelandbatey]

Indeed, I find that it's used so much and in so many different ways that I really wish it'd fall out of favor. It now carries so many connotations and subtleties that linguistically speaking, it always seems like the "wrong tool for the job."

[rhizome]

most of those are due to the refusal to use the word "cracker" for the connotations and subtleties that require it.