The general public and news media misusing scientific words that have a very specific scientific definition?
I am absolutely shocked!
LOL, happens all the time. Somebody thinks it makes them seem educated when they use their big words, the sheeple don't know any better and the problem grows. Sometimes our lovely snake oil vendors do it intentionally!
"Good Editors" are a thing of the past! Text messaging and online news outlets have absolutely killed this profession and this skill set. It is sad, but it is true. It is very difficult to make it through most online news articles without wading through the misuse of words like there/their/they're, your/you're, etc etc, syntax errors, grammar mistakes, the list goes on and on (ending a sentence with a preposition
).