Teachers, even more than parents, are only too familiar with the sudden emergence of new words and phrases used by children and young people which quickly become an essential feature of communication within peer groups.
The origins of these expressions are often obscure as are the reasons why some become universally adopted.
It is not only young people who suffer from this affliction, if such it is. There are words which seem to become fashionable and almost obligatory and then disappear. Some years ago it was almost impossible to read a report which was not referring constantly to the “parameters” of whatever it was that was under consideration. Later “iteration” started to feature similarly. It is rare now to come across either word.
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