
I’d like to nominate the pathetic overuse of the word ‘iconic’.
Much like ‘epic” of several years ago, yoof/trash culture has cheapened this word by using it to describe the everyday or at best, the mildly impressive, to elevate the mundane to the transcendental, which is where these nitwits completely misunderatand what iconic really means. The Icon is a work of religious or spiritual significance, be it The Creation of Adam or the Buddha statue destroyed by the Taliban (in an act of iconoclasm). The definition has been stretched to embrace more recent pop cultural artifacts (you might give the westerns of Sergio Leone iconic status because they created indelible images, sounds s and shaped the imagination of two generations of filmmakers). certain books, plays and films that have artistic merit and cultural significance, and have done so for decades, might be iconic, but any old shit in a tik tok video, record label or fast food chain’s latest ‘special’ seems to get ‘iconic’ slapped on it by stupid kids and adults who shoukd know better within a few seconds of existing.
Everything some potato-faced, duck-lipped ‘influencer’ cunt likes is suddenly iconic, in nit. Memes are iconic. Witless, vacuous celebricunts are iconic. the most ‘iconic TV moments ‘ feature Gemma Collins , Simon Cowell and Claudia Winkleman.
The worst part is hearing this cunt-speak from BBC presenters. You only have to watch trailers of their latest reality TV Contest or game or panel show, the creatures from radio 1 and 2, and you’re bound to hear the sad attempt to jive with the youth by using this peasant lingo.,
I’ve recently found myself correcting these hyperbolic cunts on the usage.
‘No, your macaroni cheese and bacon bites are not iconic, you daft fleck of shite. Stop bo-toxing your fat face, gurgling at shit memes and invest in a fucking thesaurus.’
Nominated by Cuntamus Prime.