The Grammarphobia Blog: Performative gratitude (opens in new tab)

Q: I would love to see a story on “performative gratitude,” a term for expressing gratefulness when you don’t really mean it. The usage seems to be flooding society. A: As far as we can tell, “performative gratitude” first appeared about a dozen years ago on social media as a term for a formulaic or […] The post first appeared on <a href="