Mike Cledford
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OK what about:The latest ones are
uptick
tick up
downtick
tick down
Recent CNNspeak in relation to Covid-19 cases and immediately seized on and repeated by Chris Whitty and Victoria Derbyshire. What's wrong with increase and decrease?
And don't get me started on 'get go'.
Cohort
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So to start any sentence
Yes...no ...but....
and 'multiple' others Either from America or street slang and used by the sort of middle aged, middle class people like the two you mention and who should know better.
By accident or design you mentioned two people who are the last who should try to be trendy.