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Showcasing the brazen and nouveau in English communication.
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According to what objective standard? Good luck finding one outside of maaaybe special-use technical jargon. Here's the literal dictionary's take on it, if you'd prefer to go that direction with the conversation.
Words mean what their speakers fluently use them to mean - anything else is just linguistic snobbery masquerading as concern.