Seconded. Unfortunately that is the nature of the Internet, people will jump on words they see somewhere and start spewing them everywhere, suddenly everyone is, to the extent that the word loses its actual meaning, and instead becomes a warning sign that a person is quite naïve and child-like in their argumentation.
‘Cringe’ is my current bugbear “That’s a bit Cringe” No. No it is not, something cannot -be- a bit Cringe, a person can be slightly cringing, a situation can be slightly cringeworthy, but not Cringe. No situation is -Cringe-, a person -can- Cringe, or be a Cringer, especially in situations that are Cringeworthy, but that word does not work the way people want it to.
Like Edgy. What I love/hate about ‘Edgy’ is people going “OMG I can’t believe you are still using the word ‘Edgy’ these days.”
That is because I am using it in its correct sense, you barbarous ape, and not in whatever hurried and distressed lexicon the Internet has. This is even more ironic, because someone who is Edgy, is exactly the opposite of what these language thieves took the word to mean. I think the vibe they were going for is ‘Edgy’ was in some way malevolently cool or aggressive for aggression’ sake? I don’t know, no one could ever explain it. What ‘Edgy’ actually means is someone being nervous, anxious, worried continually, fretful and easily startled.
There is no such word as Edgelord, but one can only presume it means someone who has elevated being nervous to such a level that even other nervous and edgy people, concede, had they the temerity to do so, that the Edgelord is the most Edgy, anxious, nervous and afraid of them all.
I hate Internet ‘Buzz words’ with a passion, because they aren’t even proper slang with a pedigree and have no longevity…
Not even professions really matter.