When the hell did the word passionate become such a trendy word? Does it have a new meaning now? Is it supposed to mean smart, cool, better than average? Then why don’t you just say you are better than average?

To me “passionate” pertains to sex. Soap Operas have the word in their titles. So do romance novels with airbrushed pictures of busty ladies and beefy men groping each other “passionately.” This is the proper use of this word.

So unless you are trying to get hired as some kind of sex worker (and there is nothing wrong with that- the world always needs men and women who can give great head) why do so many Americans choose to describe themselves this way now? I’m just curious.

Is everyone just really sexually frustrated today? Does it have to do with AIDS maybe?