| A stickler for the rules of grammar, Mrs. Walker cringes when she encounters any abusage by the students in her freshman English class. |
| Eric Partridge, in his Useage and Abusage writes, 'As to cliches, I daresay we are all in agreement. |
| This abusage is now so widespread that, in 2015, Instagram banned search results for photographs tagged with an aubergine emoji, fearing it could be used as a signifier of nudity. |
