Every year there emerges a word, which is so new and exciting that it becomes grossly overused within months. Last year, the city was buzzing with ‘fabulous’ this and ‘fabulous’ that. It began with the top tier of society, and quickly trickled down to the Joes and Janes. We just couldn’t get enough. We were ‘fabulous,’ our friends were ‘fabulous,’ and of course, our shoes were the most ‘fabulous’ of all.

This year, there’s a new ‘fabulous’ in town, and it’s even more versatile, more popular, and more vile. ‘Chic’ – it’s simple, clean, and rolls off the tongue. It stands alone, can be used as an adjective, or hyphenated with just about anything to describe whatever your heart desires. Boho-chic! Casual-chic! Redundant-chic?

If I hear said word uttered one more time, I will rip the tongue right out of the speaker’s mouth and wear as a necklace. A little extreme perhaps, but nobody likes a sheep dog, and everyone likes necklaces. So, instead of using and abusing the totally unremarkable word mentioned above, we will take a stand and annihilate ‘CHIC’ from our lexicon once and for all.

Never again will said word grace SDTC, website or printed material. Enough is enough…or at least until next week when we run out of adjectives to use in Costume Cupboard.