Has anybody ever defined "the new normal", the funky fresh buzzword used the last few months?

[Deja Q]

Or is it just media manipulation for cheap profits?

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. I've been using that phrase for the last 5 years. But that was my way of trying

to deal with my mom being gone. :( I'm still not wild about the new normal in that case.

[CJCRANE]

2. _

[roamer65]

3. I've used the phrase "New Realism"...

for a few years back.

The American economy is basically in the same spot right now that the British economy was after WW1.

[tekisui]

4. So long Deja Q.