The time was, not so long ago, when we would use words such as capsised, somersaulted, cartwheeled, overturned or even rolled to describe an object that had careered wildly out of control.
Now our reporters can bring to mind just one word: flipped.
Is this the best our supposedly erudite presenters and their scriptwriters can do?
The use of any word greater than five or six letters appears to be becoming increasingly frowned upon. For example, the word conversely has become replaced by the trite “on the flip side”.
Those of us in this world who still possess the ability to express ourselves adequately, know what happens to the brain when its capacity is not regularly utilised.