Is the word "change" passe now?

[gulliver]

I think that itch has been scratched. I noticed Hillary wasn't using it, but used "transform." I liked her word after she "teared up" and that is "reversed" as in the damage has to be reversed. Obama used "change" in his speech, but it did not (to my ears) seem to have the spark it had only a few days ago. the idea may still resonate, but the word may already be overexposed.

Or not.

[geek tragedy]

1. Change is inoperative now that we're taking a step back to the

1990's instead of moving forward.

[K Gardner]

6. Exactly. The operative word now is "Retro".

[Muttocracy]

15. that bridge to the 21st century also lead back to the 20th

[jgraz]

2. Pleasegodyes

I'm so fucking sick of that word I could :puke:

[regnaD kciN]

3. Yep...also "hope"...

Now it's "shut up and do what the grown-ups tell you to, children."

:puke:

[gulliver]

4. I'm saying the word, not the meaning.

Change is wanted and needed. But the word "change" might start to sound like you're trying to push people's buttons if you use it too much. I'm just saying that the meaning of change should not be obscured by trying to wear the word "change" on one's lapel. It's time for more words to describe the change. Revive, restore, reverse the damage, replenish...

[Renew Deal]

5. No, change polled over 70%, so no.

[geek tragedy]

8. And then they voted against it by voting for Clinton. n/t

[Renew Deal]

11. The opinion is that this has nothing to do with Obama.

[gulliver]

10. As a category, not as a word.

I'm specifically asking if the word "change" has become passe. I fully agree the wish for change itself is as great I as I have ever seen it. It is the way I feel myself.

[goodgd_yall]

7. Even Romney is using it now.

[killbotfactory]

9. It's been beaten to death

Thanks to everyone, republicans and democrats alike, adopting it as their slogan.

[NoPasaran]

12. "Change" is so pre-1/08.

Everyone is into changiness now.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. Well, after 8 years of Chimp stench, change is not just an empty slogan

Change has always been a political slogan of virtually every candidate in the history of American politics. But this year, the desire for change is so desperately needed, as if our very lives depended on it, that to me it never wears thin. I look forward to change in the White House with giddy anticipation.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

14. they had all better start talking about how to get us out of the coming recession